2 Peter 3

Thomson(i) 1 . This, my beloved, is now the second letter which I am writing, with which I stir up your sincere mind by way of remembrance, 2 that you may remember the predictions of the holy prophets, and the injunction of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour; 3 knowing this first, that in the last day scoffers will come, walking after their own desires, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." 5 For this they wilfully forget, that by the word of God there were heavens of old, and an earth consisting of water and in water, 6 by which the world that then existed, being deluged, was destroyed; 7 but the heavens and the earth which now exist are, by the same word, treasured up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment, and destruction of these impious men. 8 Now let not this one thing, my beloved, escape you, That with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack with regard to his promise, as some reckon slackness. But he is long suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to a reformation. 10 Now the day of the Lord will come, as a thief at night, when the heavens with a crashing roar shall pass away, and the elements shall be dissolved by fire, and the earth, and all the works thereon, shall be burned up. 11 Therefore as all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness, 12 expecting, and eagerly desiring, the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens, all on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with intense heat, 13 and we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness! 14 As you therefore, beloved, expect these things, use all diligence to be found at peace with him, without spot and without blemish; 15 and reckon the long suffering of our Lord to be salvation; as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath also written to you; 16 as he hath also in all his letters, when speaking of these things; in which there are some things hard to be understood; which the unlearned and unstable torture, as they do the other scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 As you therefore, beloved, know these things beforehand, be on your guard, that you may not be hurried away by the error of these lawless men, and fall from your stedfastness; 18 but increase in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.