2 Peter 3:9-15

English Standard Version

^9 (A)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise ^(B)as some count slowness, but ^(C)is patient toward you,^{[a] (D)}not wishing that any should perish, but ^(E)that all should reach repentance. ¹⁰ But ^(F)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then ^(G)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and ^(H)the heavenly bodies^[b] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.^[c]

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

Final Words

^14 (N)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him ^(O)without spot or ^(P)blemish, and ^(Q)at peace. ¹⁵ And count ^(R)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as ^(S)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you ^(T)according to the wisdom given him,