2 Peter 3

1This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding youCross-references: Ps 24:4 · Ps 73:1 · Matt 5:8 · 2Cor 13:2 · 1Tim 5:22 · 2Tim 1:6 · +3 more

2that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,Cross-references: Luke 1:70 · Luke 24:27 · Luke 24:44 · Acts 3:18 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 3:24 · +10 more

3knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lustsCross-references: Prov 1:22 · Prov 3:34 · Prov 14:6 · Isa 5:19 · Isa 28:14 · Isa 29:20 · +9 more

4and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”Cross-references: Gen 19:14 · Eccl 1:9 · Eccl 8:11 · Isa 5:18 · Jer 5:12 · Jer 17:15 · +10 more

5For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,Cross-references: Gen 1:6 · Gen 1:9 · Ps 24:2 · Ps 33:6 · Ps 136:6 · Prov 17:16 · +5 more

6by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.Cross-references: Gen 7:10 · Gen 9:15 · Job 12:15 · Matt 24:38 · Luke 17:27 · 2Pet 2:5

7But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.Cross-references: Ps 50:3 · Ps 102:26 · Isa 51:6 · Zeph 3:8 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:22 · +19 more

8But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Cross-references: Ps 90:4 · Rom 11:25 · 1Cor 10:1 · 1Cor 12:1

9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.Cross-references: Ex 18:23 · Ex 32:32 · Ex 33:11 · Ex 34:6 · Ps 86:15 · Isa 30:18 · +11 more

10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.Cross-references: Ps 46:6 · Ps 97:5 · Ps 102:26 · Isa 2:12 · Isa 24:19 · Isa 34:4 · +26 more

11Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,Cross-references: Ps 37:14 · Ps 50:23 · Ps 75:3 · Isa 14:31 · Isa 24:19 · Isa 34:4 · +18 more

12looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?Cross-references: Ps 50:3 · Isa 2:1 · Isa 34:4 · Isa 64:1 · Mic 1:4 · 1Cor 1:7 · +6 more

13But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.Cross-references: Isa 60:21 · Isa 65:17 · Isa 66:22 · Rev 21:1 · Rev 21:27

14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.Cross-references: Matt 24:26 · Luke 2:29 · Luke 12:43 · 1Cor 1:8 · 1Cor 15:58 · Phil 1:10 · +8 more

15Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,Cross-references: Ex 31:3 · Ex 31:6 · Ex 35:31 · Ex 35:35 · 1Ki 3:12 · 1Ki 3:28 · +18 more

16as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.Cross-references: Gen 49:4 · Ex 23:2 · Ex 23:6 · Deut 16:19 · 1Ki 10:1 · 2Ki 1:1 · +18 more

17You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.Cross-references: Prov 1:17 · Matt 7:15 · Matt 16:6 · Matt 16:11 · Matt 24:24 · Mark 13:22 · +17 more

18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.Cross-references: Ps 92:12 · Hos 14:5 · Mal 4:2 · Matt 6:13 · Matt 28:20 · John 5:23 · +19 more