2 Peter 3 (NET)

2 Peter 3:1¹Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 1:62 Pet 1:12-151 Pet 1:1-21 Pet 1:221 Tim 5:22Matt 5:8Ps 24:4Ps 73:12 Cor 13:2

2 Peter 3:2²I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:172 Pet 2:21Luke 1:701 Pet 1:10-122 Pet 1:19-21Luke 24:44Acts 10:43Acts 28:23Acts 3:18Acts 3:21

2 Peter 3:3³Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urgesCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:181 Tim 4:1-22 Pet 2:102 Cor 4:2Jude 1:162 Pet 1:202 Tim 3:1Prov 1:22Isa 5:19Prov 14:6

2 Peter 3:4⁴and saying, “Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 17:15Mal 2:17Jer 5:12-13Luke 12:45Isa 5:18-19Eccl 8:11Matt 24:48Ezek 12:22-27Gen 19:141 Thess 2:19

2 Peter 3:5⁵For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:3Gen 1:9Ps 24:2Gen 1:6Ps 136:6Ps 33:6John 3:19-202 Thess 2:10-12Rom 1:28Col 1:17

2 Peter 3:6⁶Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:5Matt 24:38-39Gen 7:10-23Luke 17:27Gen 9:15Job 12:15

2 Peter 3:7⁷But 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:10Isa 51:62 Pet 3:12Rev 21:1Matt 24:352 Pet 2:92 Thess 1:7-8Matt 25:41Jude 1:7Matt 12:36

2 Peter 3:8⁸Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 90:4

2 Peter 3:9⁹The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 2:4Rom 2:4Ps 86:15Hab 2:3Isa 30:18Rev 2:21Luke 18:7-81 Tim 1:162 Pet 3:15Exod 34:6

2 Peter 3:10¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:1Matt 24:352 Pet 3:7Rev 16:15Isa 51:61 Thess 5:22 Pet 3:12Mark 13:31Isa 34:4Rev 3:3

2 Peter 3:11¹¹Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must you be, conducting your lives in holiness and godliness,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:15Phil 1:271 Pet 2:121 Tim 6:112 Pet 3:12Jas 3:13Isa 34:4Phil 3:201 Tim 6:32 Pet 1:3

2 Peter 3:12¹²while 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!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:10Isa 34:4Mic 1:4Titus 2:131 Cor 1:7-82 Pet 3:7Isa 64:1-12Ps 50:3Rev 6:13-14Isa 2:1-22

2 Peter 3:13¹³But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:17Rev 21:1Isa 66:22Rev 21:27Isa 60:21

2 Peter 3:14¹⁴Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:231 Thess 3:131 Cor 15:58Phil 1:101 John 3:31 Cor 1:82 Pet 1:5-10Phil 2:15Heb 9:28Luke 12:43

2 Peter 3:15¹⁵And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 2:41 Tim 1:162 Pet 3:91 Pet 3:20Jas 3:17Jas 1:5Luke 21:15Prov 2:6-7Acts 15:251 Cor 2:13

2 Peter 3:16¹⁶speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:6Heb 5:112 Pet 2:14Jas 1:8Phil 3:19Jer 23:36Matt 22:29Rom 8:1-391 Pet 2:82 Pet 2:1

2 Peter 3:17¹⁷Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 2:8Heb 3:142 Cor 11:13-151 Cor 15:581 Cor 10:12Eph 4:14Matt 7:152 Pet 2:18-222 Cor 11:32 Pet 1:10-12

2 Peter 3:18¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:10Eph 4:151 Pet 2:2Col 3:10Phil 3:81 Pet 5:10-11Eph 1:172 Pet 1:32 Cor 4:62 Tim 4:18