2 Peter 3:7–18

⁷But by His word ^athe present heavens and earth are being reserved for ^bfire, being kept for ^cthe day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

⁸But do not let this one fact escape your notice, ^abeloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and ^ba thousand years like one day.

^9aThe Lord is not slow about His promise, as some consider slowness, but ^bis patient toward you, ^cnot willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

¹⁰But ^athe day of the Lord ^bwill come like a thief, in which ^cthe heavens ^dwill pass away with a roar and the ^eelements will be destroyed with intense heat, and ^fthe earth and ¹its works will be ²found out.

¹¹Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

^12alooking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which ^bthe heavens burning will be destroyed, and the ^celements will melt with intense heat!

¹³But according to His ^apromise we are looking for ^bnew heavens and a new earth, ^cin which righteousness dwells.

Be on Your Guard

^14aTherefore, ^bbeloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be ^cfound by Him in peace, ^dspotless and blameless,

¹⁵and consider the ^apatience of our Lord as salvation, just as also ^bour beloved brother Paul, ^caccording to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

¹⁶as also in all his letters, speaking in them of ^athese things, ^bin which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and ^cunstable distort, as they do also ^dthe rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

¹⁷You therefore, ^abeloved, knowing this beforehand, ^bbe on your guard lest you, having been carried away by ^cthe error of ^dunprincipled men, ^efall from your own steadfastness,

¹⁸but grow in the grace and ^aknowledge of our ^bLord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^cTo Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.