11 Because[a] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness, 12 while[b] waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by[c] being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they[d] are consumed by heat! 13 But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:11 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are being destroyed”) which is understood as causal
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“waiting for”) which is understood as temporal
  3. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being burned up”) which is understood as means
  4. 2 Peter 3:12 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are consumed by heat”) which is understood as temporal