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They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed. <a href="/esv/2_peter/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But by the same word now the heavens and the earth exist, having been stored up for fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/kjv/2_peter/3.htm">King James Bible</a> But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/3.htm">New King James Version</a> But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people. <a href="/nasb/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But the present heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/lsb/2_peter/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/amp/2_peter/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people. <a href="/csb/2_peter/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/asv/2_peter/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/cev/2_peter/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But God has commanded the present heavens and earth to remain until the day of judgment. Then they will be set on fire, and ungodly people will be destroyed. <a href="/erv/2_peter/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/gwt/2_peter/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> By God's word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed. <a href="/isv/2_peter/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now by that same word, the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire and are being kept for the day when ungodly people will be judged and destroyed. <a href="/net/2_peter/3.htm">NET Bible</a> But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people. <a href="/wbt/2_peter/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/2_peter/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And by His word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/web/2_peter/3.htm">World English Bible</a> But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and by the same word, the present heavens and earth, having been stored up for fire, are being preserved until [the] day of judgment and destruction of impious men. <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But by the same word now the heavens and the earth exist, having been stored up for fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/ylt/2_peter/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/2_peter/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And now the heavens and the earth, by the same word are stored up, being kept for fire to the day of judgment and of the perdition of irreligious men.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious men. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/3.htm">New American Bible</a> The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But the present heavens and earth are sustained by his word, and are reserved for fire on the day of judgment which is the day of destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But the Heavens and The Earth which are now, by his word are stored up as for fire and are kept for the day of judgment and of the destruction of wicked people.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.<CM> <a href="/godbey/2_peter/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> but now the heavens and the earth have been kept according to the same word, being reserved for fire in the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people. <a href="/haweis/2_peter/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> but the present heavens and earth by the same word are treasured up, reserved for fire at the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.<CM> <a href="/mace/2_peter/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but the heavens and the earth now existing are kept in store by his Logos, reserv'd for the conflagration of doomsday, when the impious shall be involv'd in perdition. <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But the present heavens and the present earth are, by the command of the same God, kept stored up, reserved for fire in preparation for a day of judgement and of destruction for the ungodly. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> but the present heavens and the earth, by the same word, have been stored up for fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. <a href="/worsley/2_peter/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But the heavens and the earth, that now are, by the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire on the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=530" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/3.htm">The Coming Judgment</a> …6through which the world of that time perished in the flood. 7<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">And</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">by that</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">same</a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logō (N-DMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">word,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">the present</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranoi (N-NMP) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heavens</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gē (N-NFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: eisin (V-PIA-3P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">are</a> <a href="/greek/2343.htm" title="2343: tethēsaurismenoi (V-RPM/P-NMP) -- To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve.">reserved</a> <a href="/greek/4442.htm" title="4442: pyri (N-DNS) -- Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; fire.">for fire,</a> <a href="/greek/5083.htm" title="5083: tēroumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">being kept</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">for</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeran (N-AFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">the day</a> <a href="/greek/2920.htm" title="2920: kriseōs (N-GFS) -- Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.">of judgment</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/684.htm" title="684: apōleias (N-GFS) -- Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss.">destruction</a> <a href="/greek/765.htm" title="765: asebōn (Adj-GMP) -- Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked.">of ungodly</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpōn (N-GMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">men.</a> 8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11-15</a> Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. / And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. ... <a href="/matthew/24-35.htm">Matthew 24:35</a> Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26-29</a> At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” / The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain. / Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. ... <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-10</a> and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, ... <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a> For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a> his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. <a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Jude 1:6-7</a> And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day. / In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. <a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1</a> Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. <a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40-42</a> As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a> For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a> All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree. <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a> Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Psalm 50:3</a> Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.the heavens.<a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a> But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.<a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Psalm 50:3</a> Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.<a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Psalm 102:26</a> They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:against.<a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:<a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a> Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.<a href="/matthew/11-22.htm">Matthew 11:22,24</a> But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you… and perdition.<a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;<a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Philippians 1:28</a> And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.<a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a> Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Command</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-11.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Preparation</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Present</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Store</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_john/2-4.htm">Command</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/1_john/4-17.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/jude/1-22.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/1_john/4-17.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jude/1-1.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/exodus/30-32.htm">Preparation</a> <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">Present</a> <a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Store</a> <a href="/revelation/3-17.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 3</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">He assures them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment;</a> 8. <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">warning the godly, for the long patience of God, to hasten their repentance.</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">He describes also the manner how the world shall be destroyed;</a> 11. <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">exhorting them to all holiness of life;</a> 16. <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">and again to think the patience of God to tend to their salvation, as Paul wrote to them in his epistles.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The same divine word that created the heavens and the earth (<a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3</a>) and brought about the flood in Noah's time (<a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a>) is now sustaining the universe. This highlights the authority and unchanging nature of God's word, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Isaiah 40:8</a>, where it states that the word of God stands forever.the present heavens and earth This refers to the current state of creation, distinct from the "new heavens and a new earth" mentioned in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>. The present world is temporary and subject to change, unlike the eternal nature of God's kingdom. The heavens and earth are often used in Scripture to denote the entirety of creation (<a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1:1</a>).are reserved for fire This phrase indicates a future judgment by fire, contrasting with the past judgment by water during Noah's flood. Fire is a symbol of purification and judgment throughout the Bible, as seen in passages like <a href="/malachi/4.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> and <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a>. This future destruction by fire is a fulfillment of prophecy and serves as a warning of the finality and seriousness of God's judgment.being kept for the day of judgment The "day of judgment" is a future event when God will judge the world in righteousness. This is a consistent theme in both the Old and New Testaments, as seen in passages like <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> and <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a>. It emphasizes the certainty of divine justice and the accountability of all creation to God.and destruction of ungodly men This phrase underscores the fate of those who reject God and live in opposition to His will. The destruction mentioned is not merely physical but also spiritual, as seen in <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9</a>, which speaks of eternal separation from the presence of the Lord. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of ungodliness and the importance of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, writing to encourage and warn believers about the end times and the importance of holy living. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heavens_and_earth.htm">Heavens and Earth</a> Refers to the current physical universe, which is being preserved by God's word for a future purpose. 3. <a href="/topical/d/day_of_judgment.htm">Day of Judgment</a> A future event when God will judge the world, leading to the destruction of the ungodly. 4. <a href="/topical/u/ungodly_men.htm">Ungodly Men</a> Those who live in opposition to God's will and reject His authority. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fire.htm">Fire</a> Symbolic of God's judgment and purification, indicating the method by which the current world will be transformed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a> God's word is not only creative but also sustaining and authoritative. Just as it brought the world into existence, it also preserves it for His purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Judgment</a> The day of judgment is assured by God's promise. Believers should live with an awareness of this future reality, influencing their daily conduct. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Nature of God's Judgment</a> Fire symbolizes both destruction and purification. God's judgment will eradicate sin and renew creation, leading to a new heavens and earth. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_holy_living.htm">Call to Holy Living</a> Knowing the future judgment, Christians are called to live godly lives, reflecting Christ's character and anticipating His return. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a> While judgment is sobering, it also assures believers of God's justice and the ultimate triumph of righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 3</a> <a href="/q/2_peter_3_7__fiery_end_vs._cosmology.htm">2 Peter 3:7: Does the idea of a future fiery destruction conflict with modern cosmology? </a> <a href="/q/was_the_flood_global_or_local.htm">Was the flood worldwide or confined to one area?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_science_view_revelation_21_1.htm">How can the creation of a “new heaven and new earth” (Revelation 21:1) be reconciled with scientific understanding of the universe? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_ecclesiastes_1_4_align_with_science.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:4 – If the earth “remains forever,” how does this reconcile with scientific evidence that the earth had a beginning and will eventually end? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) By the same word.--Or, as some first-rate authorities read, by His word. The sense in either case is that the universe is preserved for judgment by the same power that created it. "His word" here does not mean any single utterance of God or passage of Scripture, such as <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm" title="For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.">Isaiah 66:15</a>; <a href="/context/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9-10</a>; <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm" title="For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.">Malachi 4:1</a>. Just as "the world that then was" was destroyed by water, so the present world is being treasured up to be destroyed by fire. Comp. <a href="/romans/2-5.htm" title="But after your hardness and impenitent heart treasure up to yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;">Romans 2:5</a>. Christ Himself, in a discourse which St. Peter heard (<a href="/mark/13-3.htm" title="And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,">Mark 13:3</a>), had made the Flood a type of the Judgment (<a href="/context/matthew/24-37.htm" title="But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.">Matthew 24:37-39</a>). (See below on <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm" title="But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.">2Peter 3:10</a>.) "Unto fire," or "for fire," should perhaps be taken with "kept in store" rather than with "reserved." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - But the heavens and the earth, which are now; rather, the heavens which are now, and the earth. The "now" does not refer, as some think, to any change wrought by the Flood, but distinguishes the present heavens and earth from the new heavens and new earth, which Christians are to look for (verse 13). By the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire. Several of the better manuscripts have "by his Word," which, on the whole, seems to give the best meaning. The reading in the text may, indeed, be understood in a similar sense, "by the same Word of God;" otherwise it would mean that the original word of creation determined also the duration of the world and the means of its destruction. The words rendered, "are kept in store," are, literally, "have been treasured (τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσίν)" (comp. <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>). It seems better to take the dative πυρί ("with fire," or "for fire") with this verb rather than with the following, as in the Authorized Version. If we take the first meaning of the dative, the sense will be that the world has been stored with fire, i.e., that it contains, stored up in its inner depths, the fire which is destined ultimately to destroy it. But the other view seems on the whole more probable; the heavens and the earth are stored up for fire or unto fire, i.e., with the purpose in the counsels of God of their ultimate destruction by fire. This is the clearest prophecy in Holy Scripture of the final conflagration of the universe; but comp. <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15</a>; <a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Daniel 7:10</a>; <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a>. Such a doctrine formed part of the physical theories of the Stoics; it is also found in the 'Book of Enoch.' Against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. The participle "reserved" (τηρούμενοι) is best taken with this clause: "Reserved against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/3-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. by that τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. same αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. word, λόγῳ (logō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. the present νῦν (nyn) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. heavens οὐρανοὶ (ouranoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. earth γῆ (gē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. are εἰσὶν (eisin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. reserved τεθησαυρισμένοι (tethēsaurismenoi) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2343.htm">Strong's 2343: </a> To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve. for fire, πυρὶ (pyri) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4442.htm">Strong's 4442: </a> Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; 'fire'. kept τηρούμενοι (tēroumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold. for εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. [the] day ἡμέραν (hēmeran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. of judgment κρίσεως (kriseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2920.htm">Strong's 2920: </a> Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. destruction ἀπωλείας (apōleias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_684.htm">Strong's 684: </a> Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss. of ungodly ἀσεβῶν (asebōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_765.htm">Strong's 765: </a> Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked. men. ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. 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