18 For truly, I say to you, (A)until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

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(A)The grass withers, the flower fades,
    but the word of our God will stand forever.

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25 (A)but the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And this word (B)is the good news that was preached to you.

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26 (A)They will perish, but (B)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

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(A)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
(B)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[a]
(C)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence (A)earth and sky fled away, and (B)no place was found for them.

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But by the same word (A)the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and (B)destruction of the ungodly.

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (C)a thousand years as one day. (D)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise (E)as some count slowness, but (F)is patient toward you,[a] (G)not wishing that any should perish, but (H)that all should reach repentance. 10 But (I)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then (J)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and (K)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, (L)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (M)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (N)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for (O)new heavens and a new earth (P)in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

14 (Q)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (R)without spot or (S)blemish, and (T)at peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
  3. 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

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