2 Peter 3:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² as you wait for and ·look forward to [strive for; or hurry; hasten] the coming of the day of God. When that day comes, the ·skies [or heavens] will be ·destroyed [or dissolved] with fire, and ·everything in them [the elements; 3:10] will melt with ·heat [fire; burning]. ¹³ But God made a promise to us [Is. 65:17; 66:22], and we are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth where ·goodness [righteousness] ·lives [makes its home].

¹⁴ [^LTherefore] ·Dear friends [^LBeloved], ·since [or while] you are waiting for this to happen, ·do your best [make every effort; strive] to be [^Lfound] without ·sin [^Lspot] and without ·fault [^Lblemish; ^Cthe characteristics of the false teachers in 2:13]. ·Try [Make every effort; Strive] to be at peace with God.