2 Peter 3:11–18

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 will be destroyed by burning, 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.

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

¹⁵and regard 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 so that you are not carried away by ^cthe error of ^dunprincipled men and ^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.