New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 3:1-7

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. 3 6Know 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.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 3:1 1 Pet 2:11; 2 Pet 3:8, 14, 17 ↩
2. 2 Peter 3:1 2 Pet 1:13 ↩
3. 2 Peter 3:2 Jude 17 ↩
4. 2 Peter 3:2 Luke 1:70; Acts 3:21; Eph 3:5 ↩
5. 2 Peter 3:2 Gal 6:2; 1 Tim 6:14; 2 Pet 2:21 ↩
6. 2 Peter 3:3 2 Pet 1:20 ↩
7. 2 Peter 3:3 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 1:2 ↩
8. 2 Peter 3:3 Jude 18 ↩
9. 2 Peter 3:3 2 Pet 2:10 ↩
10. 2 Peter 3:4 Is 5:19; Jer 17:15; Ezek 11:3; 12:22, 27; Mal 2:17; Matt 24:48 ↩
11. 2 Peter 3:4 1 Thess 2:19; 2 Pet 3:12 ↩
12. 2 Peter 3:4 Acts 7:60 ↩
13. 2 Peter 3:4 Mark 10:6 ↩
14. 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that ↩
15. 2 Peter 3:5 Gen 1:6, 9; Heb 11:3 ↩
16. 2 Peter 3:5 Ps 24:2; 136:6 ↩
17. 2 Peter 3:6 2 Pet 2:5 ↩
18. 2 Peter 3:6 Gen 7:11, 12, 21f ↩
19. 2 Peter 3:7 2 Pet 3:10, 12 ↩
20. 2 Peter 3:7 Is 66:15; Dan 7:9f; 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 12:29 ↩
21. 2 Peter 3:7 Matt 10:15; 1 Cor 3:13; Jude 7 ↩

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