2Peter:3

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* This already , beloved , [is ] the second letter I write to you , in [both of ] which I stir up your pure mind by a reminder , * to remember the words having been previously spoken by the holy prophets , and the commandment of your apostles of the Lord and Savior ; * knowing this first : that mockers will come in the last days , walking according to their own lusts , * and saying , "Where is the promise of His coming ? For since the fathers died , all things continue as from the beginning of creation ." * For this they willingly forget : that by the word of God the heavens were of old , and [the ] earth , consisting out of water and through water , * by which the world at that time perished , being flooded by water ; * but the present heavens and earth , having been stored up by His word , are being reserved for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men . * But in this let it not escape your notice , beloved , that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years , and a thousand years as one day . * The Lord does not delay concerning His promise , as some reckon slackness , but is longsuffering toward us , not willing that any should perish , but that all should come to repentance . * But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night , in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise , and the elements , burning with heat , shall be dissolved , both the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up . * Therefore , [seeing that ] all these things shall be dissolved , what sort of [people ] ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness , * looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God , because of which the heavens , being set of fire , shall be dissolved , and the elements , burning with heat , shall melt ? * But according to His promise , we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells . * Therefore , beloved , looking forward to these things , be diligent to be found by Him in peace , without spot or blemish ; * and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation-just as also our beloved brother Paul , according to the wisdom given to him , wrote to you , * as also in all his letters , speaking in them about these things , in which are some things hard to understand , which the unlearned and unstable twist to their own destruction , as they do also the rest of the Scriptures . * You therefore , beloved , knowing this beforehand , be on guard , lest you also fall from your own steadfastness , being carried away by the error of the wicked ; * but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . To Him [be ] the glory both now and forever . Amen .

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