2 Pedro 3
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Jesús regresará
3 Hermanos, esta es la segunda carta que les escribo. Escribí ambas cartas para despertar su conciencia y para que consideren todo esto con honestidad. 2 Quiero que tengan presentes las palabras que los santos profetas dijeron en el pasado. Recuerden la orden que nos dio nuestro Señor y Salvador por medio de sus apóstoles.
3 Es importante que entiendan lo que sucederá en los últimos días: habrá gente que vivirá sólo para sus malos deseos y se burlará de ustedes. 4 Dirán: «Jesús prometió regresar, pero ¿dónde está? Nuestros padres ya murieron, y el mundo sigue igual desde que fue creado». 5 Pero quieren ignorar que hace mucho tiempo con la palabra de Dios se creó el cielo, y la tierra fue creada a partir del agua y se mantiene por el agua. 6 Después, el mundo fue inundado y destruido con agua. 7 Esa misma palabra de Dios es la que sostiene la tierra y los cielos que ahora existen, hasta que llegue el momento de su destrucción con el fuego en el día del juicio. Ese día también serán destruidos todos los que no tienen temor de Dios.
8 No ignoren esto, amados hermanos: para el Señor, un día es como mil años, y mil años son como un día. 9 No es que el Señor se tarde en cumplir lo que prometió como piensa la gente. Lo que pasa es que Dios es paciente porque no quiere que nadie sea destruido sino que todos cambien su vida y dejen de pecar.
10 El día en que el Señor regrese, lo hará de sorpresa, como un ladrón. El cielo desaparecerá con un sonido muy fuerte y todo lo que hay en él será destruido con fuego. La tierra y todas las obras que hay en ella quedarán expuestas ante Dios.[a] 11 Todo será destruido. Por lo tanto, piensen qué clase de persona deben ser y vivan una vida dedicada a servir a Dios. 12 Esperen la llegada del día de Dios y hagan lo posible para que llegue pronto. En ese momento, el cielo será destruido con fuego y todo lo que hay en él será consumido por el calor. 13 Estamos esperando el nuevo cielo y la nueva tierra que Dios nos prometió, donde se practica la justicia.
14 Estimados hermanos: ya que están esperando que eso suceda, asegúrense de que su vida esté libre de pecado y busquen la paz con Dios. 15 Consideren la paciencia de nuestro Señor como una oportunidad para obtener la salvación. Esto es lo mismo que les ha escrito nuestro querido hermano Pablo con la sabiduría que Dios le dio. 16 Pablo escribe sobre estos temas en todas sus cartas, pero a veces hay en ellas cosas difíciles de entender. Los ignorantes y los débiles en la fe cambian el significado de las enseñanzas de Pablo y de las otras Escrituras, causando así su propia destrucción.
17 Estimados hermanos, ustedes ya saben esto. Así que tengan cuidado y no permitan que esos perversos los lleven por el mal camino ni que su fe se debilite. 18 Conozcan mejor a nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo y así recibirán cada vez más de su generoso amor. Alaben a Cristo ahora y siempre. Así sea.
Footnotes
- 3:10 quedarán […] ante Dios Muchos manuscritos dicen se encontrarán. Uno dice desaparecerán.
2 Peter 3
New King James Version
God’s Promise Is Not Slack(A)
3 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which (B)I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words (C)which were spoken before by the holy prophets, (D)and of the commandment of [a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, (E)walking according to their own lusts, 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 (F)creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that (G)by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth (H)standing out of water and in the water, 6 (I)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But (J)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (K)fire until the day of judgment and [b]perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (L)a thousand years as one day. 9 (M)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (N)is longsuffering toward [c]us, (O)not willing that any should perish but (P)that all should come to repentance.
The Day of the Lord
10 But (Q)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (R)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (S)in holy conduct and godliness, 12 (T)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (U)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (V)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (W)new heavens and a (X)new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Be Steadfast
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent (Y)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that (Z)the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his (AA)epistles, 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 (AB)rest of the Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, (AC)since you know this beforehand, (AD)beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 (AE)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(AF)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:2 NU, M the apostles of your Lord and Savior or your apostles of the Lord and Savior
- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
- 2 Peter 3:9 NU you
- 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found
2 Peter 3
King James Version
3 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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 willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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