2 Peter 3:9-11
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9 The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,[a] not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.(A) 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[b](B)
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,
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