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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Peter 3 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_peter/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_peter/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Peter 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_peter/2.htm" title="2 Peter 2">◄</a> 2 Peter 3 <a href="../1_john/1.htm" title="1 John 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_peter/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Day of the Lord Will Come</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts on your account">a</a></sup></span> not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or elements; also verse 12">b</a></sup></span> will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up">c</a></sup></span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.</p> <p class="heading">Final Words</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_peter/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Some manuscripts <i>on your account</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>elements</i>; also verse 12<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Greek <i>found</i>; some manuscripts <i><span class="catch-word">will be</span> burned up</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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