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2 Peter 3

Purpose of This Letter

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This is now,  abeloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am  bstirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

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that you should  aremember the words spoken beforehand by  bthe holy prophets and  cthe commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

The Coming Day of the Lord

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 aKnow this first of all, that  bin the last days  cmockers will come with their mocking,  dfollowing after their own lusts,

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and saying, " aWhere is the promise of His  bcoming? For ever since the fathers  cfell asleep, all continues just as it was  dfrom the beginning of creation."

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For  1when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that  aby the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was  bformed out of water and by water,

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through which  athe world at that time was  bdestroyed, being flooded with water.

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But by His word  athe present heavens and earth are being reserved for  bfire, kept for  cthe day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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But do not let this one fact escape your notice,  abeloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and  ba thousand years like one day.

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 aThe Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but  bis patient toward you,  cnot wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

A New Heaven and Earth

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But  athe day of the Lord  bwill come like a thief, in which  cthe heavens  dwill pass away with a roar and the  eelements will be destroyed with intense heat, and  fthe earth and  1its works will be  2burned up.

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Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

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 alooking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which  bthe heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the  celements will melt with intense heat!

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But according to His  apromise we are looking for  bnew heavens and a new earth,  cin which righteousness dwells.

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 aTherefore,  bbeloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be  cfound by Him in peace,  dspotless and blameless,

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and regard the  apatience of our Lord as salvation; just as also  bour beloved brother Paul,  caccording to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

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as also in all his letters, speaking in them of  athese things,  bin which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and  cunstable distort, as they do also  dthe rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

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You therefore,  abeloved, knowing this beforehand,  bbe on your guard so that you are not carried away by  cthe error of  dunprincipled men and  efall from your own steadfastness,

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but grow in the grace and  aknowledge of our  bLord and Savior Jesus Christ.  cTo Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.



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