2 Peter 3:11–18

¹¹Because^* all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness, ¹²while^* waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by^* being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they^* are consumed by heat! ¹³But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

Final Exhortations and Conclusion

¹⁴Therefore, dear friends, because you^* are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him. ¹⁵And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him, ¹⁶as he does also in all his^*b letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they also do the rest of the scriptures. ¹⁷Therefore, dear friends, because you^* know this beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position because you^* have been led away by the error of lawless persons. ¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.