2Peter:3

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* Beloved , I now write unto you this second epistle , in which I alert with exhortation your pure understanding , * that ye keep in memory the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and of our commandment , that we are apostles of the Lord and Saviour , * knowing this first , that there shall come in the last days scoffers , walking after their own lusts * and saying , Where is the promise of his coming ? For since the day in which the fathers fell asleep , all things continue as [they were ] from the beginning of the creation . * Of course , they willingly ignore that the heavens were [created ] of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water , by the word of God ; * by which the world that then was , being overflowed with water , perished ; * but the heavens , which are now , and the earth are conserved by the same word , kept unto the fire in the day of judgment and of perdition of the ungodly men . * But , beloved , be not ignorant of this one thing , that one day before the Lord is as a thousand years , and a thousand years are as one day . * The Lord is not late concerning his promise , as some count lateness , but is patient with us , not willing that any should perish , but that all should come to repentance . * But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night , in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise , and the elements , burning , shall be dissolved , and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up . * [Seeing ] then [that ] all these things shall be dissolved , what manner [of persons ] ought ye to be in [all ] holy conversation and godliness , * waiting for and desiring earnestly for the coming of the day of God , in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved , and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? * Nevertheless we , according to his promises , wait for new heavens and a new earth , in which dwells righteousness . * Therefore , beloved , seeing that ye hope for such things , be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace , without spot and blameless . * And have as saving health the patience of our Lord , even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you * in almost all [his ] epistles , speaking in them of these things , among which are some things [that ] are hard to understand , which those that are ignorant and unstable twist , as [they do ] also the other scriptures , unto their own destruction . * Ye , therefore , beloved , seeing ye know [these things ] in advance , be on guard lest by the error of the wicked ye be deceived with the others and fall from your own steadfastness . * But grow in grace and [in ] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour , Jesus Christ . To him [be ] glory both now and until the day of eternity . Amen .:

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