¹¹Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be ^rin holy conduct and godliness, ¹²^slooking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will ^tbe dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will ^umelt with fervent heat? ¹³Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for ^vnew heavens and a ^wnew earth in which righteousness dwells.

Be Steadfast

¹⁴Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent ^xto be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; ¹⁵and consider that ^ythe longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, ¹⁶as also in all his ^zepistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the ^arest of the Scriptures.

¹⁷You therefore, beloved, ^bsince you know this beforehand, ^cbeware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; ¹⁸^dbut grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

^eTo Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Read in Logos

2 Peter 3:18: But 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.

Cross references

r 1 Pet. 1:15
s 1 Cor. 1:7, 8; Titus 2:13–15
t Ps. 50:3
u Is. 24:19; 34:4; Mic. 1:4
v Is. 65:17; 66:22
w[Rom. 8:21]; Rev. 21:1
x 1 Cor. 1:8; 15:58; [1 Thess. 3:12, 13; 5:23]
y Ps. 86:15; Rom. 2:4; 1 Pet. 3:20
z Rom. 8:19; 1 Cor. 15:24; 1 Thess. 4:15; 2 Thess. 1:10
a 2 Tim. 3:16
b Mark 13:23
c Eph. 4:14
d Eph. 4:15
e Rom. 11:36; 2 Tim. 4:18; Rev. 1:6