Peter's Second Letter, Chapter 3
{3:1} This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to
you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
{3:2} that you should remember the words which were spoken before by
the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the
Lord and Savior: {3:3} knowing this first, that in the last days
mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, {3:4} and saying,
"Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation." {3:5} For this they willfully forget, that
there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and
amid water, by the word of God; {3:6} by which means the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished. {3:7} But the heavens
that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for
fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of
ungodly men. {3:8} But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day. {3:9} The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count
slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. {3:10} But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away
with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent
heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
{3:11} Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness, {3:12}
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by
reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the
elements will melt with fervent heat? {3:13} But, according to his
promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells
righteousness.
{3:14} Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be
diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his
sight. {3:15} Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as
our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him,
wrote to you; {3:16} as also in all of his letters, speaking in them
of these things. In those are some things hard to be understood, which
the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other
Scriptures, to their own destruction. {3:17} You therefore, beloved,
knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with
the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. {3:18}
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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