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The Day of the Lord Will Come
This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
God’s Promise Is Not Slack
Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”
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 creation.”
For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Final Words
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
Be Steadfast
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation — as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
as also in all his 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 rest of the Scriptures.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;