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2 Peter 3
New Living Translation
2 Peter 3
New Living Translation
The Day of the Lord Is Coming
3 This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory. 2 I want you to remember what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.
3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”
5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. 6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[a]
11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, 12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.
14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.
15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— 16 speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.
Peter’s Final Words
17 You already know these things, dear friends. So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. 18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
Footnotes
- 3:10 Other manuscripts read will be burned up; one early manuscript reads will be found destroyed.
2 Phê-rơ 3
New Vietnamese Bible
2 Phê-rơ 3
New Vietnamese Bible
Ngày Của Đức Chúa Trời
3 Anh chị em yêu dấu, đây là bức thư thứ hai tôi viết cho anh chị em. Tôi viết cả hai thư này để nhắc nhở hầu gợi lên trong anh chị em một tâm trí chân thực. 2 Tôi muốn anh chị em nhớ lại những lời các tiên tri thánh đã nói trước đây và điều răn của Chúa và Đấng Cứu Thế của chúng ta do các sứ đồ truyền lại.
3 Trước hết, anh chị em phải biết rằng trong những ngày cuối cùng những kẻ châm biếm, sống theo dục vọng cá nhân, sẽ đến và chê cười 4 chúng nói rằng: “Lời hứa về sự quang lâm của Ngài ở đâu? Từ khi các tổ phụ an nghỉ, mọi vật vẫn tiếp tục như buổi sáng thế.” 5 Nhưng họ cố ý làm ngơ rằng ngày xưa bởi lời của Đức Chúa Trời mà các tầng trời hiện hữu, và quả đất được hình thành bởi nước và từ nước. 6 Thế giới thời ấy bị nước tràn ngập và hủy diệt. 7 Bởi lời Ngài các tầng trời và quả đất hiện tại đã được để dành cho lửa, được giữ cho ngày đoán xét và hủy diệt những người vô đạo.
8 Nhưng đừng quên điều này, anh chị em yêu dấu: Đối với Chúa một ngày như ngàn năm và ngàn năm như một ngày. 9 Chúa không chậm trễ trong việc giữ lời hứa của Ngài, như người ta tưởng đâu. Song Ngài kiên nhẫn với anh chị em, không muốn cho một ai hư mất, nhưng muốn mỗi người đều ăn năn.
10 Nhưng ngày của Chúa sẽ đến như kẻ trộm. Các tầng trời sẽ tiêu tán với một tiếng lớn. Các nguyên tố sẽ bị lửa hủy diệt và thế gian cùng mọi vật trong thế gian sẽ bị thiêu hủy.
11 Vì mọi sự sẽ bị hủy diệt bằng cách này, anh chị em phải trở nên người như thế nào? Anh chị em phải có một đời sống thánh khiết và tin kính 12 như anh chị em trông chờ và mong ngày của Chúa mau quang lâm. Vào ngày đó lửa sẽ hủy diệt các tầng trời và mọi nguyên tố sẽ bị thiêu đốt tan chảy. 13 Nhưng theo lời Ngài đã hứa, chúng ta chờ đợi một trời mới và đất mới, nơi sự công chính cư ngụ.
14 Vậy, anh chị em yêu dấu, vì anh chị em đang trông chờ việc này, nên hãy hết sức giữ mình cho không tì vết, không gì đáng trách và bình an với Ngài.
15 Hãy nhớ rằng sự kiên nhẫn của Chúa là cho sự cứu rỗi, cũng như Phao-lô, người anh em yêu dấu của chúng ta đã viết cho anh chị em theo sự khôn ngoan Đức Chúa Trời ban cho người.
16 Trong tất cả các thư tín, người đều nói như vậy về những vấn đề này. Các thư của người có những điều khó hiểu mà những kẻ dốt nát, không vững vàng xuyên tạc, như họ đã làm đối với các phần Kinh Thánh khác, đưa đến sự hủy diệt cho chính mình.
17 Vì thế, anh chị em yêu dấu, anh chị em đã biết trước việc này, hãy canh giữ chính mình để anh chị em không bị lôi cuốn bởi những lỗi lầm của những người vô luân mà không còn vững vàng chăng?
18 Nhưng hãy lớn lên trong ân sủng và trong sự hiểu biết Đấng Cứu Rỗi, Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su, Chúa chúng ta. Nguyện sự vinh quang thuộc về Ngài hiện nay và cho đến đời đời! A-men.
2 Peter 3
New International Version
2 Peter 3
New International Version
The Day of the Lord
3 Dear friends,(A) this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders(B) to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets(C) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.(D)
3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days(E) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(F) 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(G) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(H) 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(I) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(J) 6 By these waters also the world of that time(K) was deluged and destroyed.(L) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(M) being kept for the day of judgment(N) and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(O) 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(P) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(Q) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(R)
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(S) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(T) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(U) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](V)
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(W) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](X) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(Y) 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(Z) where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(AA) and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(AB) means salvation,(AC) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(AD) 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable(AE) people distort,(AF) as they do the other Scriptures,(AG) to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(AH) so that you may not be carried away by the error(AI) of the lawless(AJ) and fall from your secure position.(AK) 18 But grow in the grace(AL) and knowledge(AM) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(AN) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(AO)
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
- 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come
2 Peter 3
King James Version
2 Peter 3
King James Version
3 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That 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:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 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 the creation.
5 For 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:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But 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.
8 But, 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.
9 The 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.
10 But 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.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking 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?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And 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;
16 As 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.
17 Ye 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.
18 But 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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