2 Peter 3:1–10

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.