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That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. <a href="/nlt/2_peter/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. <a href="/esv/2_peter/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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! <a href="/bsb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and the elements are melting, burning with heat. <a href="/kjv/2_peter/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/3.htm">New King James Version</a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! <a href="/nasb/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! <a href="/lsb/2_peter/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens burning will be destroyed, and the elements will melt with intense heat! <a href="/amp/2_peter/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> [while you earnestly] look for and await the coming of the day of God. For on this day the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the [material] elements will melt with intense heat! <a href="/csb/2_peter/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> as you wait for and earnestly desire the coming of the day of God. The heavens will be on fire and be dissolved because of it, and the elements will melt with the heat. <a href="/asv/2_peter/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? <a href="/cev/2_peter/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You should look forward to the day when God judges everyone, and you should try to make it come soon. On that day the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and everything else will melt in the heat. <a href="/erv/2_peter/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? <a href="/gwt/2_peter/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> as you look forward to the day of God and eagerly wait for it to come. When that day comes, heaven will be on fire and will be destroyed. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and melt. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon--the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat. <a href="/isv/2_peter/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> as you look forward to and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved and the elements will melt with fire. <a href="/msb/2_peter/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. <a href="/net/2_peter/3.htm">NET Bible</a> while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze! <a href="/nheb/2_peter/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? <a href="/wbt/2_peter/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce heat? <a href="/web/2_peter/3.htm">World English Bible</a> looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> waiting for and hurrying the coming of the Day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with burning heat? <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and the elements are melting, burning with heat. <a href="/ylt/2_peter/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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; <a href="/slt/2_peter/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Expecting and seeking earnestly the presence of the day of God, during which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements going to be burned are melted away?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat? <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> waiting for, and hurrying toward, the advent of the day of the Lord, by which the burning heavens shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt from the heat of the fire. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/3.htm">New American Bible</a> waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Looking for and longing for the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being tested with fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> While you expect and eagerly desire the coming of The Day of God in which the Heavens, being tested by fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, when set on fire, shall melt.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, because of which coming the heavens shall dissolve in fire, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. <a href="/godbey/2_peter/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched up are melted? <a href="/haweis/2_peter/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> expecting and hastening towards the coming of God?s day, at which the heavens on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements in flames be melted as wax? <a href="/mace/2_peter/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> expecting, and vehemently desiring the day of the Lord would come, when the heavens all on fire shall be dissolv'd, and the elements shall melt with intense heat. <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce heat? <a href="/worrell/2_peter/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt! <a href="/worsley/2_peter/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> expecting and hastening on the coming of the day of God, whereby the heavens being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the burning elements shall be melted. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/3-12.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=592" 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 Day of the Lord</a> …11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness 12<a href="/greek/4328.htm" title="4328: prosdokōntas (V-PPA-AMP) -- To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await.">as you anticipate</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4692.htm" title="4692: speudontas (V-PPA-AMP) -- To hasten, urge on, desire earnestly. Probably strengthened from pous; to speed, i.e. Urge on; by implication, to await eagerly.">hasten</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3952.htm" title="3952: parousian (N-AFS) -- From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect.">coming</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeras (N-GFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through."></a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hēn (RelPro-AFS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">when</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.">the heavens</a> <a href="/greek/3089.htm" title="3089: lythēsontai (V-FIP-3P) -- A primary verb; to loosen.">will be destroyed</a> <a href="/greek/4448.htm" title="4448: pyroumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- From pur; to kindle, i.e. to be ignited, glow, be refined, or to be inflamed.">by fire</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4747.htm" title="4747: stoicheia (N-NNP) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of stoicheo; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. a serial constituent, proposition.">the elements</a> <a href="/greek/5080.htm" title="5080: tēketai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To make liquid; pass: I melt (away). Apparently a primary verb; to liquefy.">will melt</a> <a href="/greek/2741.htm" title="2741: kausoumena (V-PPM/P-NNP) -- To burn with great heat. From kausis; to set on fire.">in the heat.</a> 13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.…<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="/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="/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/24-35.htm">Matthew 24:35</a> Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a> For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11</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. <a href="/isaiah/66-22.htm">Isaiah 66:22</a> “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure. <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Hebrews 1:10-12</a> And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. / You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.” <a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a> The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. <a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Psalm 102:25-26</a> In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. <a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a> Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ <a href="/joel/2-30.htm">Joel 2:30-31</a> I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. / The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of 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="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-22</a> The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. / For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm">1 Corinthians 7:31</a> and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away. <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a> For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Looking for and hastening to the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?Looking.<a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm">1 Corinthians 1:7</a> So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:<a href="/titus/2-13.htm">Titus 2:13</a> Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;<a href="/jude/1-21.htm">Jude 1:21</a> Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.hasting unto the coming.<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="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm">1 Corinthians 1:8</a> Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.<a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a> Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: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="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a> And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.melt.<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="/isaiah/2-1.htm">Isaiah 2:1-22</a> The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem… <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1-12</a> Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/james/3-5.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Desiring</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Dissolved</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Eagerly</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Elements</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Fervent</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Hastening</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Hasting</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-10.htm">Intense</a> <a href="/acts/28-2.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/acts/10-21.htm">Looking</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/titus/3-13.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-12.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/8-8.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/1_john/2-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Desiring</a> <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/75-3.htm">Dissolved</a> <a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Eagerly</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm">Elements</a> <a href="/1_john/2-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm">Fervent</a> <a href="/revelation/12-12.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/41-32.htm">Hastening</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Hasting</a> <a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_john/1-4.htm">Intense</a> <a href="/genesis/30-2.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/mark/15-43.htm">Looking</a> <a href="/exodus/15-15.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/2_john/1-10.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Wherein</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 anticipation of the "day of God" reflects a forward-looking faith, rooted in the promises of Scripture. The idea of "hastening" suggests that believers have a role in God's timeline, possibly through evangelism, prayer, and holy living. This aligns with Jesus' teachings in <a href="/matthew/24-14.htm">Matthew 24:14</a>, where the gospel must be preached to all nations before the end comes. The "day of God" is a term that encompasses the final judgment and the establishment of God's eternal kingdom, as seen in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>.when the heavens will be destroyed by fire The destruction of the heavens by fire is a vivid image of the final purification and renewal of creation. This concept is rooted in Old Testament prophecy, such as <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a> and <a href="/malachi/4.htm">Malachi 4:1</a>, which speak of cosmic upheaval and divine judgment. Fire is often used in Scripture as a symbol of purification and judgment (e.g., <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13-15</a>). The heavens being destroyed signifies the end of the current order and the ushering in of a new creation, as described in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>.and the elements will melt in the heat The melting of the elements indicates a complete transformation of the physical universe. The term "elements" can refer to the basic components of the world, suggesting a fundamental change in the created order. This aligns with <a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-22</a>, where creation is described as groaning for redemption. The intense heat symbolizes God's purifying judgment, which will remove all corruption and sin. This transformation prepares the way for the new heavens and new earth, where righteousness dwells, as mentioned in <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a>.<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 believers in their faith and to remind them of the promises of God. 2. <a href="/topical/d/day_of_god.htm">Day of God</a> A future event in Christian eschatology when God will bring about the final judgment and renewal of creation. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heavens_and_elements.htm">Heavens and Elements</a> Refers to the physical universe, which will undergo a transformation at the end of times.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_and_readiness.htm">Anticipation and Readiness</a> Believers are called to live in anticipation of Christ's return, maintaining a posture of readiness and hope. <a href="/topical/h/hastening_the_day.htm">Hastening the Day</a> Through holy living and evangelism, Christians can participate in God's redemptive plan, potentially hastening the coming of the day of God. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_of_creation.htm">Transformation of Creation</a> The destruction by fire signifies not annihilation but transformation, leading to a renewed creation where righteousness dwells. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with Eternal Perspective</a> Understanding the temporary nature of the current world should motivate believers to focus on eternal values and priorities. <a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_trials.htm">Encouragement in Trials</a> The promise of a new creation provides hope and encouragement amidst present sufferings and challenges.<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/why_do_studies_show_prayer_has_no_effect.htm">If prayer influences physical outcomes, why do double-blind studies show no effect?</a> <a href="/q/can_we_affect_the_end_times'_timing.htm">Can our actions influence the timing of the end times?</a> <a href="/q/2_peter_3_10__is_earth's_fiery_end_real.htm">2 Peter 3:10: Is the total annihilation of the earth by fire scientifically plausible, or just an ancient myth?</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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Hasting unto.--There is no "unto" in the Greek. The margin is probably right, hasting the coming--i.e., hastening Christ's coming by holy lives, by helping to make the Gospel known to all nations (<a href="/matthew/24-14.htm" title="And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.">Matthew 24:14</a>), so as to "accomplish the number of the elect," and by praying "Thy kingdom come." (Comp. <a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm" title="From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.">2Timothy 4:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-20.htm" title="He which testifies these things said, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.">Revelation 22:20</a>.) The thought is singularly parallel to St. Peter's speech in Solomon's Porch (<a href="/context/acts/3-19.htm" title="Repent you therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.">Acts 3:19-21</a>, where see Notes); and as the thought is striking and unusual--perhaps nowhere else in the New Testament distinctly--this coincidence may fairly be admitted as a note of genuineness.The coming of the day of God.--A phrase which occurs here only. It is doubly remarkable: (1) "coming," in the special sense indicated by the particular word used in the Greek, is elsewhere used of Christ Himself, not of the day; (2) "the day of God" is a very unusual expression.Wherein.--Rather, by reason of which, either "the day" or "the coming" being meant.Shall melt.--"Melt" is here correct, being quite a different word from that rendered "melt" in <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>, which is the same as that here translated "be dissolved." In the so-called Second Epistle of Clement (chap. 16) we have a somewhat similar passage--"The day of judgment cometh even now as a burning oven (<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>), and [the powers] of the heavens shall melt, and all the earth as lead melting on the fire." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God. The preposition "unto" is inserted without authority. The second participle σπεύδοντας is followed directly by the accusative, and is evidently transitive. In the Septuagint Version of <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Isaiah 16:5</a>, σπεύδων δικαιοσύνην represents the "hasting righteousness" of our translation (comp. Pindar, 'Isthm.,' 5:22, where σπεύδειν ἀρετάν means "to pursue virtue"). Here the translation "hastening" is most appropriate. The Father hath put the times and seasons in his own power; but as the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, so now he is "long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish;" and in his gracious mercy waits for the repentance of his chosen. St. Peter seems to represent Christians as "hastening the coming [literally, 'presence'] of the day of God" by working out their own salvation, and helping to spread the knowledge of the gospel (<a href="/matthew/24-14.htm">Matthew 24:14</a>), and so rendering the long-suffering patience of God no longer necessary. The words imply also the duty of praying for that coming, as we do in the second petition of the Lord's Prayer, and in the Funeral Service, "Beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom." Compare St. Peter's speech in <a href="/acts/3.htm">Acts 3</a>, where he says, "Repent ye therefore... that so (ὅπως ἄν) there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ" (verses 19, 20, Revised Version). This remarkable coincidence of thought furnishes an argument of considerable weight in favour of the genuineness of this Epistle. Another possible rendering of the word is "earnestly desiring," which is adopted in the text of the Revised Version, and is preferred by some commentators. Wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved. The Greek for "wherein" is δἰ,' ἥν, on account of which, i.e., on account of the day of God, or, what comes to much the same meaning, on account of the coming, the presence, of that day. Old things must pass away because of the coming of the day of God; the old order must give place to new. And the elements shall melt with fervent heat. The apostle repeats the striking words which he had already used in verse 10, with a different verb. The Greek word for "shall melt" here is not λυθήσεται, as in verse 10, but a stronger word τήκεται, are being melted, or wasted away. The tense is the prophetic present, implying a certain fulfillment. There is probably a reference to <a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm">Isaiah 34:4</a>, where the Septuagint rendering is Καὶ τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν. <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/3-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>as you anticipate προσδοκῶντας (prosdokōntas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4328.htm">Strong's 4328: </a> To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. hasten σπεύδοντας (speudontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4692.htm">Strong's 4692: </a> To hasten, urge on, desire earnestly. Probably strengthened from pous; to 'speed', i.e. Urge on; by implication, to await eagerly. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine 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. coming παρουσίαν (parousian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3952.htm">Strong's 3952: </a> From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine 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. day ἡμέρας (hēmeras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. when ἣν (hēn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. [the] 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. will be dissolved λυθήσονται (lythēsontai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3089.htm">Strong's 3089: </a> A primary verb; to 'loosen'. by fire πυρούμενοι (pyroumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4448.htm">Strong's 4448: </a> From pur; to kindle, i.e. to be ignited, glow, be refined, or to be inflamed. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [the] elements στοιχεῖα (stoicheia) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4747.htm">Strong's 4747: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of stoicheo; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. a serial constituent, proposition. will melt τήκεται (tēketai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> To make liquid; pass: I melt (away). Apparently a primary verb; to liquefy. in the heat. καυσούμενα (kausoumena) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2741.htm">Strong's 2741: </a> To burn with great heat. 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