Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options Listen to 2 Peter 3:12-14

2 Peter 3:12-14
Lexham English Bible

12 while[a] waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by[b] being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they[c] are consumed by heat! 13 But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

Final Exhortations and Conclusion

14 Therefore, dear friends, because you[d] are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“waiting for”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being burned up”) which is understood as means
  3. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are consumed by heat”) which is understood as temporal
  4. 2 Peter 3:14 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are waiting for”) which is understood as causal
Next
2 Peter 2
1 John 1
Next
dropdown
Lexham English Bible (LEB)

2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software