New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 3:9-15
91The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but 2is patient toward you, 3not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10But 4the day of the Lord 5will come like a thief, in which 6the heavens 7will pass away with a roar and the 8elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and 9the earth and 10its works will be 11burned 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, 1212looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which 13the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the 14elements will melt with intense heat! 13But according to His 15promise we are looking for 16new heavens and a new earth, 17in which righteousness dwells.
1418Therefore, 19beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be 20found by Him in peace, 21spotless and blameless, 15and regard the 22patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also 23our beloved brother Paul, 24according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,
Notes
- 1. 2 Peter 3:9 Hab 2:3; Rom 13:11; Heb 10:37 ↩
- 2. 2 Peter 3:9 Rom 2:4; Rev 2:21 ↩
- 3. 2 Peter 3:9 1 Tim 2:4; Rev 2:21 ↩
- 4. 2 Peter 3:10 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
- 5. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:43; Luke 12:39; 1 Thess 5:2; Rev 3:3; 16:15 ↩
- 6. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:7, 12 ↩
- 7. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:35; Rev 21:1 ↩
- 8. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 24:19; Mic 1:4 ↩
- 9. 2 Peter 3:10 2 Pet 3:7 ↩
- 10. 2 Peter 3:10 Lit the works in it ↩
- 11. 2 Peter 3:10 Two early mss read discovered ↩
- 12. 2 Peter 3:12 1 Cor 1:7 ↩
- 13. 2 Peter 3:12 2 Pet 3:7, 10 ↩
- 14. 2 Peter 3:12 Is 24:19; 34:4; Mic 1:4 ↩
- 15. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 65:17; 66:22 ↩
- 16. 2 Peter 3:13 Rom 8:21; Rev 21:1 ↩
- 17. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 60:21; 65:25; Rev 21:27 ↩
- 18. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Cor 15:58; 2 Pet 1:10 ↩
- 19. 2 Peter 3:14 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
- 20. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Pet 1:7 ↩
- 21. 2 Peter 3:14 Phil 2:15; 1 Thess 5:23; 1 Tim 6:14; James 1:27 ↩
- 22. 2 Peter 3:15 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
- 23. 2 Peter 3:15 Acts 9:17; 15:25; 2 Pet 3:2 ↩
- 24. 2 Peter 3:15 1 Cor 3:10; Eph 3:3 ↩
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
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