2 Peter 3:10-18

English Standard Version

¹⁰ But ^(A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then ^(B)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and ^(C)the heavenly bodies^[a] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.^[b]

¹¹ Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, ^(D)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ^12 (E)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and ^(F)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! ¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for ^(G)new heavens and a new earth ^(H)in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

^14 (I)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him ^(J)without spot or ^(K)blemish, and ^(L)at peace. ¹⁵ And count ^(M)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as ^(N)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you ^(O)according to the wisdom given him, ¹⁶ as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. ^(P)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, ^(Q)as they do the other Scriptures. ¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, ^(R)knowing this beforehand, ^(S)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. ¹⁸ But ^(T)grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^(U)To him be the glory both now and to the day of ^(V)eternity. Amen.