New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 3:1-7

1ThisG3778 is nowG2235, 1belovedG27, the secondG1208 letterG1992 I am writingG1125 to you in whichG3739 I am 2stirringG1326 up your sincereG1506 mindG1271 by wayG1722 of reminderG5280, 2that you should 3rememberG3403 the wordsG4487 spokenG4275 beforehandG4275 by 4the holyG40 prophetsG4396 and 5the commandmentG1785 of the LordG2962 and SaviorG4990 spoken by your apostlesG652. 3 6KnowG1097 thisG3778 firstG4413 of all, that 7in the lastG2078 daysG2250 8mockersG1703 will comeG2064 with their mockingG1701, 9followingG4198 afterG2596 their ownG2398 lustsG1939, 4and sayingG3004, “10WhereG4226 is the promiseG1860 of His 11comingG3952? For ever sinceG575 G3739 the fathersG3962 12fellG2837 asleepG2837, allG3956 continuesG1265 justG3779 as it was 13from the beginningG746 of creationG2937.” 5For 14when they maintainG2309 thisG3778, it escapesG2990 their noticeG2990 that 15by the wordG3056 of GodG2316 the heavensG3772 existedG1510 longG1597 agoG1597 and the earthG1093 was 16formedG4921 out of waterG5204 and by waterG5204, 6throughG1223 whichG3739 17the worldG2889 at that timeG5119 was 18destroyedG622, being floodedG2626 with waterG5204. 7But by His wordG3056 19the presentG3568 heavensG3772 and earthG1093 are being reservedG2343 for 20fireG4442, keptG5083 for 21the dayG2250 of judgmentG2920 and destructionG684 of ungodlyG765 menG444.

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 ↩