2 Peter 3:1-7

New King James Version

God’s Promise Is Not Slack^(A)

3 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which ^(B)I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), ²that you may be mindful of the words ^(C)which were spoken before by the holy prophets, ^(D)and of the commandment of ^[a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, ³knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, ^(E)walking according to their own lusts, ⁴and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of ^(F)creation.” ⁵For this they willfully forget: that ^(G)by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth ^(H)standing out of water and in the water, ⁶^(I)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. ⁷But ^(J)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for ^(K)fire until the day of judgment and ^[b]perdition of ungodly men.

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Footnotes

2 Peter 3:2 NU, M the apostles of your Lord and Savior or your apostles of the Lord and Savior
2 Peter 3:7 destruction

2 Peter 3:10

New King James Version

The Day of the Lord

¹⁰But ^(A)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which ^(B)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be ^[a]burned up.

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