New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 3:1-7

1 1Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you in which I am 2stirring up your sincere mind by way of a reminder, 2to 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 12 13fell asleep, all things continue just as they were 14from the beginning of creation.” 5For 15when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that 16by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was 17formed out of water and by water, 6through which 18the world at that time was 19destroyed by being flooded with water. 7But by His word 20the present heavens and earth are being reserved for 21fire, kept for 22the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

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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 I.e., died ↩
13. 2 Peter 3:4 Acts 7:60 ↩
14. 2 Peter 3:4 Mark 10:6 ↩
15. 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that ↩
16. 2 Peter 3:5 Gen 1:6, 9; Heb 11:3 ↩
17. 2 Peter 3:5 Ps 24:2; 136:6 ↩
18. 2 Peter 3:6 2 Pet 2:5 ↩
19. 2 Peter 3:6 Gen 7:11, 12, 21f ↩
20. 2 Peter 3:7 2 Pet 3:10, 12 ↩
21. 2 Peter 3:7 Is 66:15; Dan 7:9f; 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 12:29 ↩
22. 2 Peter 3:7 Matt 10:15; 1 Cor 3:13; Jude 7 ↩

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