- 1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
- 2That 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:
- 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
- 4And 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.
- 5For 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:
- 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- 7But 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.
- 8But, 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.
- 9The 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.
- 10But 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.
- 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
- 12Looking 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?
- 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- 15And 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;
- 16As 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.
- 17Ye 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.
- 18But 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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2 PETER 3
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2 Peter 3 — The Lord’s patience calls people to repentance before the day of judgment, while believers look for a new creation where righteousness dwells.
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The old and renewed horizons form a symbolic panorama rather than a scientific diagram or detailed end-times chronology. Destruction remains distant and non-graphic, and the scene avoids importing New Jerusalem imagery from Revelation.
Scripture basis: 2 Peter 3:1–18King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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