for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;