12 as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming.[a](A) Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.

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  1. 3:12 Or and speed the coming

12 as you look forward(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(C)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come