New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 3:10-18

10But 1the day of the Lord 2will come like a thief, in which 3the heavens 4will pass away with a roar and the 5elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and 6the earth and 7its works will be 8discovered.

11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 9looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which 10the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the 11elements will melt with intense heat! 13But according to His 12promise we are looking for 13new heavens and a new earth, 14in which righteousness dwells.

14 15Therefore, 16beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be 17found 18spotless and blameless by Him, at peace, 15and regard the 19patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also 20our beloved brother Paul, 21according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16as also in all his letters, speaking in them of 22these things, 23in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and 24unstable distort, as they do also 25the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17You therefore, 26beloved, knowing this beforehand, 27be on your guard so that you are not carried away by 28the error of 29 30unscrupulous people and 31lose your own 32firm commitment, 18but grow in the grace and 33knowledge of our 34Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 35To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 3:10 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
2. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:43; Luke 12:39; 1 Thess 5:2; Rev 3:3; 16:15 ↩
3. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:7, 12 ↩
4. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:35; Rev 21:1 ↩
5. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 24:19; Mic 1:4 ↩
6. 2 Peter 3:10 2 Pet 3:7 ↩
7. 2 Peter 3:10 Lit the works in it ↩
8. 2 Peter 3:10 I.e., as worthless; late mss burned up ↩
9. 2 Peter 3:12 1 Cor 1:7 ↩
10. 2 Peter 3:12 2 Pet 3:7, 10 ↩
11. 2 Peter 3:12 Is 24:19; 34:4; Mic 1:4 ↩
12. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 65:17; 66:22 ↩
13. 2 Peter 3:13 Rom 8:21; Rev 21:1 ↩
14. 2 Peter 3:13 Is 60:21; 65:25; Rev 21:27 ↩
15. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Cor 15:58; 2 Pet 1:10 ↩
16. 2 Peter 3:14 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
17. 2 Peter 3:14 1 Pet 1:7 ↩
18. 2 Peter 3:14 Phil 2:15; 1 Thess 5:23; 1 Tim 6:14; James 1:27 ↩
19. 2 Peter 3:15 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
20. 2 Peter 3:15 Acts 9:17; 15:25; 2 Pet 3:2 ↩
21. 2 Peter 3:15 1 Cor 3:10; Eph 3:3 ↩
22. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 3:14 ↩
23. 2 Peter 3:16 Heb 5:11 ↩
24. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
25. 2 Peter 3:16 2 Pet 3:2 ↩
26. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 3:1 ↩
27. 2 Peter 3:17 1 Cor 10:12 ↩
28. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 2:18 ↩
29. 2 Peter 3:17 Or disgraceful ↩
30. 2 Peter 3:17 2 Pet 2:7 ↩
31. 2 Peter 3:17 Rev 2:5 ↩
32. 2 Peter 3:17 Or firm hold ↩
33. 2 Peter 3:18 2 Pet 1:2 ↩
34. 2 Peter 3:18 2 Pet 1:11; 2:20 ↩
35. 2 Peter 3:18 Rom 11:36; 2 Tim 4:18; Rev 1:6 ↩

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