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2 Peter 3:12

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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!

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“waiting for”) which is understood as temporal
  2. *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being burned up”) which is understood as means
  3. *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are consumed by heat”) which is understood as temporal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.

NLTNew Living Translation

looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

KJV 1900King James Version

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?