2 Peter 3:8–14

⁸Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. ⁹The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he^* does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance. ¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed by^* being burned up, and the earth and the deeds done on it will be disclosed. 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.