2 Peter 3:11-18

English Standard Version

¹¹ Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, ^(A)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ^12 (B)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and ^(C)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! ¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for ^(D)new heavens and a new earth ^(E)in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

^14 (F)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him ^(G)without spot or ^(H)blemish, and ^(I)at peace. ¹⁵ And count ^(J)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as ^(K)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you ^(L)according to the wisdom given him, ¹⁶ as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. ^(M)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, ^(N)as they do the other Scriptures. ¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, ^(O)knowing this beforehand, ^(P)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. ¹⁸ But ^(Q)grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^(R)To him be the glory both now and to the day of ^(S)eternity. Amen.