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2 Peter 3:12
12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. In that day the heavens will be dissolved by fire, and the elements will melt in the intense heat.
2 Peter 3:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
- New International Version (NIV)as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
- English Standard Version (ESV)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
- New King James Version (NKJV)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Context of 2 Peter 3:12
10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements will melt and disintegrate, and the earth and everything done on it shall be exposed. 11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Live your lives in holiness and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. In that day the heavens will be dissolved by fire, and the elements will melt in the intense heat. 13But in keeping with His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him.
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:12 word by word
προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι᾽ ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Looking forπροσδοκάωprosdokaō · to look forG4328
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- hasting untoσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
- the comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
- of the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- whereinδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- being on fireπυρόωpuroō · to burnG4448
- shall be dissolvedλύωluō · to looseG3089
- the elementsστοιχεῖονstoicheion · principleG4747
- shall meltτήκωtēkō · to meltG5080
- with fervent heatκαυσόωkausoō · to burnG2741
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:12
- 1 Corinthians 1:7So you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you eagerly wait for the revealing of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly waiting for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah that leads to eternal life.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements will melt and disintegrate, and the earth and everything done on it shall be exposed.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8He will also strengthen you until the end—blameless in the Day of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- Philippians 1:6I am sure of this very thing—that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Messiah Yeshua.
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire is devouring before Him, and it storms around Him mightily.
- Isaiah 34:4Then all the host of heaven will dissolve, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll— so all their array will wither away, like a leaf drooping from a vine, like a fig shriveling from a fig tree.
- Revelation 6:13The stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree drops unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.
- Isaiah 2:1The word which Isaiah, son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
- Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
- Micah 1:4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The heavens being on fire - See on 2 Peter 3:10. (note). It was an ancient opinion among the heathens that the earth should be burnt up with fire; so Ovid, Met., lib. i. v. 256. Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, adfore tempus, Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia coeli Ardeat; et mundi moles operosa laboret. "Remembering in the fates a time when fire Should to the battlements of heaven aspire, And all his blazing world above should burn, And all the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Looking for - Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in that state which constitutes “expectation;” that is, a belief that it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would not be taken by surprise should it happen at any moment. See the notes at Titus 2:13. And hasting unto the coming - Margin, as in Greek: ““hasting the coming.”” The Greek word rendered “hasting,” ( ́ speudōmeans to urge on, to hasten; and then to hasten after…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low measure or degree. True Christians look for new heavens and a new earth; freed from the vanity to which things present are subject, and the sin they are polluted with. Those only who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ, and sanctified by the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God: God’s people can help bring the end closer by turning away from sin and by living in a godly way (compare Acts 3:19–20). the elements will melt in the heat: Compare Micah 1:3–4; see also Isaiah 63:19–64:1.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. hasting unto--with the utmost eagerness desiring [Wahl], praying for, and contemplating, the coming Saviour as at hand. The Greek may mean "hastening (that is, urging onward [Alford]) the day of God"; not that God's eternal appointment of the time is changeable, but God appoints us as instruments of accomplishing those events which must be first before the day of God can come. By praying for His coming, furthering the preaching of the Gospel for a…Read the comment
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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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