This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you 2Ti 1:62Pe 1:12-151Pe 1:1-21Pe 1:221Ti 5:22Mat 5:8Psa 24:4Psa 73:1 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, Jud 1:172Pe 2:21Luk 1:701Pe 1:10-122Pe 1:19-21Luk 24:44Act 10:43Act 28:23 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts Jud 1:181Ti 4:1-22Pe 2:102Co 4:2Jud 1:162Pe 1:202Ti 3:1Pro 1:22 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” Jer 17:15Mal 2:17Jer 5:12-13Luk 12:45Isa 5:18-19Ecc 8:11Mat 24:48Ezk 12:22-27 For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God, Heb 11:3Psa 24:2Gen 1:9Gen 1:6Psa 136:6Psa 33:6Jhn 3:19-202Th 2:10-12 by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished. 2Pe 2:5Mat 24:38-39Gen 7:10-23Luk 17:27Gen 9:15Job 12:15 But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 2Pe 3:102Pe 3:12Isa 51:6Rev 21:1Mat 24:352Pe 2:92Th 1:7-8Mat 25:41
But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Psa 90:4Rom 11:251Co 10:11Co 12:1 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 1Ti 2:4Rom 2:4Hab 2:3Psa 86:15Isa 30:18Rev 2:21Luk 18:7-81Ti 1:16 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Rev 21:1Mat 24:352Pe 3:7Rev 16:15Isa 51:61Th 5:22Pe 3:12Mrk 13:31 Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness, 1Pe 1:15Php 1:271Pe 2:121Ti 6:112Pe 3:12Jas 3:13Isa 34:4Php 3:20 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? 2Pe 3:10Isa 34:4Mic 1:4Tit 2:131Co 1:7-82Pe 3:7Isa 64:1-12Psa 50:3 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. Isa 65:17Rev 21:1Isa 66:22Rev 21:27Isa 60:21
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight. 1Th 5:231Th 3:13Php 1:101Co 15:581Jn 3:31Co 1:82Pe 1:5-10Php 2:15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you, Rom 2:41Ti 1:162Pe 3:91Pe 3:20Jas 3:17Jas 1:5Luk 21:15Pro 2:6-7 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Mat 15:6Heb 5:112Pe 2:14Jas 1:8Php 3:19Jer 23:36Mat 22:29Rom 8:1-39 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. Col 2:8Heb 3:142Co 11:13-151Co 15:581Co 10:12Eph 4:14Mat 7:152Pe 2:18-22 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. Col 1:10Eph 4:151Pe 2:2Col 3:10Php 3:81Pe 5:10-112Pe 1:3Eph 1:17