2 Peter 3

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which ^aI stir up your ^bpure minds by way of remembrance: ²that ^cye may be mindful of the words ^dwhich were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us ^cthe apostles of the Lord and Saviour: ³knowing this first, that there shall come ^ein the last days scoffers, ^fwalking after their own lusts, ⁴and saying, ^gWhere is the promise of ^hhis coming? for since the fathers ⁱfell asleep, all things continue as they were ^jfrom the beginning of the creation. ⁵For this they willingly are ignorant of, that ^kby the word of God the heavens were ^lof old, and the earth ^mstanding out of the water and in the water: ⁶whereby the world that then was, ⁿbeing overflowed with water, perished: ⁷but ^othe heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto ^pfire against ^qthe day of judgment and ^rperdition of ungodly men. ⁸But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and ^sa thousand years as one day. ^9tThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, ^uas some men count slackness; but ^vis longsuffering to us-ward, ^wnot willing that any should perish, but ^xthat all should come to repentance. ¹⁰But ^ythe day of the Lord will come as ^za thief in the night; in the which ^athe heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and ^bthe elements shall melt with fervent heat, ^cthe earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. ¹¹Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, ^dwhat manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy ^econversation and ^fgodliness, ^12glooking for and hasting unto ^hthe coming of ⁱthe day of God, wherein ^cthe heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and ^bthe elements ^cshall melt with fervent heat? ¹³Nevertheless we, according to his promise, ^glook for ^knew heavens and a new earth, ^lwherein dwelleth righteousness. ^14mWherefore, beloved, seeing that ye ^glook for such things, be diligent ⁿthat ye may be found of him in peace, ^owithout spot, and ^pblameless. ¹⁵And account that ^qthe longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; ¹⁶as also in all his epistles, ^rspeaking in them of these things; in which are some things ^shard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and ^tunstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. ¹⁷Ye therefore, beloved, ^useeing ye know these things before, ^vbeware lest ye also, being led away with the error of ^wthe wicked, ^xfall from your own stedfastness. ^18yBut grow in grace, and in the ^zknowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ^aTo him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.