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11 Wait for and Speed the Day of God.[a] Since everything is to be destroyed in this way, consider what sort of people you ought to be, living holy and saintly lives.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:11 What is it that is delaying the coming of the Messiah? The sins of human beings. This is what many thought among the Jewish circles, and our author shared that conviction. He wishes above all to encourage Christians to stand fast and make progress in the faith. Their eyes are not fixed on a hazy horizon; rather, they live from the promise of an unimaginable renewal of humankind and the world through the Christ who comes.