¹⁰ But ^(A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then ^(B)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and ^(C)the heavenly bodies^[a] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.^[b]

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

¹⁹ If in Christ we have hope^[a] in this life only, ^(A)we are of all people most to be pitied.

²⁷ And just as ^(A)it is appointed for man to die once, and ^(B)after that comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ, having been offered once ^(C)to bear the sins of ^(D)many, will appear ^(E)a second time, ^(F)not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^(G)waiting for him.