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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 3

Purpose of This Letter

1This is now, 1beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am 2stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2that you should 3remember the words spoken beforehand by 4the holy prophets and 5the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

The Coming Day of the Lord

36Know this first of all, that 7in the last days 8mockers will come with their mocking, 9following after their own lusts, 4and saying, “10Where is the promise of His 11coming? For ever since the fathers 12fell asleep, all continues just as it was 13from the beginning of creation.” 5For 14when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that 15by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was 16formed out of water and by water, 6through which 17the world at that time was 18destroyed, being flooded with water. 7But by His word 19the present heavens and earth are being reserved for 20fire, kept for 21the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8But do not let this one fact escape your notice, 22beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and 23a thousand years like one day. 924The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but 25is patient toward you, 26not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

A New Heaven and Earth

10But 27the day of the Lord 28will come like a thief, in which 29the heavens 30will pass away with a roar and the 31elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and 32the earth and 33its works will be 34burned up.

11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 1235looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which 36the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the 37elements will melt with intense heat! 13But according to His 38promise we are looking for 39new heavens and a new earth, 40in which righteousness dwells.

1441Therefore, 42beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be 43found by Him in peace, 44spotless and blameless, 15and regard the 45patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also 46our beloved brother Paul, 47according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16as also in all his letters, speaking in them of 48these things, 49in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and 50unstable distort, as they do also 51the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17You therefore, 52beloved, knowing this beforehand, 53be on your guard so that you are not carried away by 54the error of 55unprincipled men and 56fall from your own steadfastness, 18but grow in the grace and 57knowledge of our 58Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 59To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Peter 3:1 1 Pet 2:11; 2 Pet 3:8, 14, 17 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Peter 3:1 2 Pet 1:13 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Peter 3:2 Jude 17 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Peter 3:2 Luke 1:70; Acts 3:21; Eph 3:5 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Peter 3:2 Gal 6:2; 1 Tim 6:14; 2 Pet 2:21 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Peter 3:3 2 Pet 1:20 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Peter 3:3 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 1:2 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Peter 3:3 Jude 18 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Peter 3:3 2 Pet 2:10 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Peter 3:4 Is 5:19; Jer 17:15; Ezek 11:3; 12:22, 27; Mal 2:17; Matt 24:48 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Peter 3:4 1 Thess 2:19; 2 Pet 3:12 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Peter 3:4 Acts 7:60 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Peter 3:4 Mark 10:6 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that ↩
  15. 15. 2 Peter 3:5 Gen 1:6, 9; Heb 11:3 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Peter 3:5 Ps 24:2; 136:6 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Peter 3:6 2 Pet 2:5 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Peter 3:6 Gen 7:11, 12, 21f ↩
  19. 19. 2 Peter 3:7 2 Pet 3:10, 12 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Peter 3:7 Is 66:15; Dan 7:9f; 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 12:29 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Peter 3:7 Matt 10:15; 1 Cor 3:13; Jude 7 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Peter 3:8 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Peter 3:8 Ps 90:4 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Peter 3:9 Hab 2:3; Rom 13:11; Heb 10:37 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Peter 3:9 Rom 2:4; Rev 2:21 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Peter 3:9 1 Tim 2:4; Rev 2:21 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Peter 3:10 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:43; Luke 12:39; 1 Thess 5:2; Rev 3:3; 16:15 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:7, 12 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:35; Rev 21:1 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 24:19; Mic 1:4 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Peter 3:10 2 Pet 3:7 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Peter 3:10 Lit the works in it ↩
  34. 34. 2 Peter 3:10 Two early mss read discovered ↩
  35. 35. 2 Peter 3:12 1 Cor 1:7 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Peter 3:12 2 Pet 3:7, 10 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Peter 3:12 Is 24:19; 34:4; Mic 1:4 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 65:17; 66:22 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Peter 3:13 Rom 8:21; Rev 21:1 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 60:21; 65:25; Rev 21:27 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Cor 15:58; 2 Pet 1:10 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Peter 3:14 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Pet 1:7 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Peter 3:14 Phil 2:15; 1 Thess 5:23; 1 Tim 6:14; James 1:27 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Peter 3:15 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
  46. 46. 2 Peter 3:15 Acts 9:17; 15:25; 2 Pet 3:2 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Peter 3:15 1 Cor 3:10; Eph 3:3 ↩
  48. 48. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 3:14 ↩
  49. 49. 2 Peter 3:16 Heb 5:11 ↩
  50. 50. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
  51. 51. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 3:2 ↩
  52. 52. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
  53. 53. 2 Peter 3:17 1 Cor 10:12 ↩
  54. 54. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 2:18 ↩
  55. 55. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 2:7 ↩
  56. 56. 2 Peter 3:17 Rev 2:5 ↩
  57. 57. 2 Peter 3:18 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
  58. 58. 2 Peter 3:18 2 Pet 1:11; 2:20 ↩
  59. 59. 2 Peter 3:18 Rom 11:36; 2 Tim 4:18; Rev 1:6 ↩

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