ASV_Strong : 2 Peter 3
1. This[G5026] is[G1125] now[G2235], beloved[G27], the second[G1208] epistle[G1992] that I[G1125] write[G1125] unto you[G5213]; and in[G1722] both of them[G3739] I stir up[G1326] your[G5216] sincere mind[G1271] by putting you in[G1722] remembrance[G5280];
2. that ye should remember[G3415] the words[G4487] which were spoken before[G4280] by[G5259] the holy[G40] prophets[G4396], and[G2532] the commandments[G1785] of the Lord[G2962] and[G2532] Saviour[G4990] through your[G2257] apostles[G652]:
3. knowing[G1097] this[G5124] first[G4412], that[G3754] in[G1909] the last[G2078] days[G2250] mockers[G1703] shall come[G2064] with mockery[G4198], walking after[G2596] their[G846] own[G2398] lusts[G1939],
4. and[G2532] saying[G3004], Where[G4226] is[G2076] the promise[G1860] of[G3952] his[G846] coming[G3952]? for[G1063], from[G575] the day that[G3739] the fathers[G3962] fell asleep[G2837], all things[G3956] continue[G1265] as[G3779] they were from[G575] the beginning[G746] of the creation[G2937].
5. For[G1063] this[G5124] they[G846] willfully[G2309] forget[G2990], that[G3754] there were[G2258] heavens[G3772] from of[G2990] old[G1597], and[G2532] an earth[G1093] compacted[G4921] out of[G1537] water[G5204] and[G2532] amidst water[G5204], by the word[G3056] of God[G2316];
6. by[G1223] which[G3739] means the world[G2889] that then was[G5119], being overflowed[G2626] with water[G5204], perished[G622]:
7. but[G1161] the heavens[G3772] that now[G3568] are[G2532], and the earth[G846], by[G3056] the same[G846] word[G3056] have been[G1526] stored[G2343] up for fire[G4442], being reserved[G5083] against[G1519] the day[G2250] of judgment[G2920] and[G2532] destruction[G684] of[G444] ungodly[G765] men[G444].
8. But[G1161] forget[G2990, Romans9] not[G3361] this one[G1520] thing[G5124], beloved[G27], that[G3754] one[G3391] day[G2250] is with[G3844] the Lord[G2962] as[G5613] a thousand[G5507] years[G2094], and[G2532] a thousand[G5507] years[G2094] as[G5613] one[G3391] day[G2250].
9. The Lord[G2962] is[G1019] not[G3756] slack[G1019] concerning his promise[G1860], as[G5613] some[G5100] count[G2233] slackness[G1022]; but[G235] is longsuffering[G3114] to[G1519] you-ward[G2248], not[G3361] wishing that[G1014] any[G5100] should perish[G622], but that[G235] all[G3956] should come[G5562] to[G1519] repentance[G3341].
10. But[G1161] the day[G2250] of the Lord[G2962] will come[G2240] as[G5613] a thief[G2812]; [G1722, 3571] in[G1722] the which[G3739] the heavens[G3772] shall pass away[G3928] with a great noise[G4500], and[G1161] the elements[G4747] shall be dissolved[G3089] with fervent heat[G2741], and[G2532] the earth[G1093] and[G2532] the works[G2041] that are[G3588] therein[G1722, 846] shall be burned up[G2618].
11. Seeing that[G3767] these things[G5130] are thus all[G3956] to be dissolved[G3089], what manner[G4217] of persons ought[G1163] ye[G5209] to be[G5225] in[G1722] all holy[G40] living[G391] and[G2532] godliness[G2150],
12. looking for[G4328] and[G2532] earnestly desiring[G4692] the coming[G3952] of the day[G2250] of God[G3739], by[G1223] reason of which the heavens[G3772] being on fire[G4448] shall be dissolved[G3089], and[G2532] the elements[G4747] shall melt[G5080] with fervent heat[G2741]?
13. But[G1161], according to[G2596] his[G846] promise[G1862], we[G4328] look for[G4328] new[G2537] heavens[G3772] and[G2532] a new[G2537] earth[G1093], wherein[G1722, 3739] dwelleth[G2730] righteousness[G1343].
14. Wherefore[G1352], beloved[G27], seeing that ye look for[G4328] these things[G5023], give diligence that[G4704] ye may be found[G2147] in[G1722] peace[G1515], without spot[G784] and[G2532] blameless[G298] in his sight[G846].
15. And[G2532] account[G2233] that the longsuffering[G3115] of[G2962] our[G2257] Lord[G2962] is salvation[G4991]; even as[G2531] our[G2257] beloved[G27] brother[G80] Paul[G3972] also[G2532], according to[G2596] the wisdom[G4678] given[G1325] to him[G846], wrote[G1125] unto you[G5213];
16. as[G5613] also[G2532] in[G1722] all[G3956] his epistles[G1992], speaking[G2980] in[G1722] them[G846] of[G4012] these things[G5130]; wherein[G3739, 1722] are[G2076] some things[G5100] hard to be understood[G1425], which[G3739] the ignorant[G261] and[G2532] unstedfast[G793] wrest[G4761], as[G5613] they do also[G2532] the other[G3062] scriptures[G1124], unto[G4314] their[G846] own[G2398] destruction[G684].
17. Ye[G5210] therefore[G3767], beloved[G27], knowing[G4267] these things beforehand[G5442], beware lest[G3363], being carried[G1601] away[G4879] with the error[G4106] of the wicked[G113], ye fall from[G1601] your own[G2398] stedfastness[G4740].
18. But[G1161] grow[G837] in[G1722] the grace[G5485] and[G2532] knowledge[G1108] of[G2962] our[G2257] Lord[G2962] and[G2532] Saviour[G4990] Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547]. To him[G846] be the glory[G1391] both[G2532] now[G3568] and[G2532] for[G1519, 2250] ever[G165]. Amen[G281].
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