2 Peter 3:12

2 Peter 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• New International Version (NIV)as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
• New King James Version (NKJV)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

Context of 2 Peter 3:12

10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. 11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. 13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

2 Peter 3:12 word by word

προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι᾽ ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται;Read the interlinear

• as you anticipateπροσδοκάωprosdokaō · to look forG4328
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hastenσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• whenδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• whenὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• will be destroyedλύωluō · to looseG3089
• by fireπυρόωpuroō · to burnG4448
• elementsστοιχεῖονstoicheion · principleG4747
• will meltτήκωtēkō · to meltG5080
• in the heatκαυσόωkausoō · to burnG2741

Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:12

• 1 Corinthians 1:7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
• 1 Corinthians 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
• Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
• Revelation 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
• Isaiah 2:1This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
• Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The heavens being on fire - See on 2 Peter 3:10. (note). It was an ancient opinion among the heathens that the earth should be burnt up with fire; so Ovid, Met., lib. i. v. 256. Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, adfore tempus, Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia coeli Ardeat; et mundi moles operosa laboret. "Remembering in the fates a time when fire Should to the battlements of heaven aspire, And all his blazing world above should burn, And all the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Looking for - Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in that state which constitutes “expectation;” that is, a belief that it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would not be taken by surprise should it happen at any moment. See the notes at Titus 2:13. And hasting unto the coming - Margin, as in Greek: ““hasting the coming.”” The Greek word rendered “hasting,” ( ́ speudōmeans to urge on, to hasten; and then to hasten after…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low measure or degree. True Christians look for new heavens and a new earth; freed from the vanity to which things present are subject, and the sin they are polluted with. Those only who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ, and sanctified by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God: God’s people can help bring the end closer by turning away from sin and by living in a godly way (compare Acts 3:19–20). the elements will melt in the heat: Compare Micah 1:3–4; see also Isaiah 63:19–64:1.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. hasting unto--with the utmost eagerness desiring [Wahl], praying for, and contemplating, the coming Saviour as at hand. The Greek may mean "hastening (that is, urging onward [Alford]) the day of God"; not that God's eternal appointment of the time is changeable, but God appoints us as instruments of accomplishing those events which must be first before the day of God can come. By praying for His coming, furthering the preaching of the Gospel for a…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:12

• Earth
• Fear of God
• Heaven
• Holiness
• Jesus Continued
• Judgment

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asleep
• Dissolve
• Hard
• Promise
• Wrest
• Change
• Day of the Lord (yahweh)
• Eschatology of the New Testament

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings