^17 (A)The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who ^(B)does the will of God continues to live forever.

¹¹ Now these things happened to them as an ^(A)example, and ^(B)they were written for our instruction, upon whom ^(C)the ends of the ages have come.

³¹ and those who use the world, as though they did not ^(A)make full use of it; for ^(B)the present form of this world is passing away.

²⁰ teaching them to ^[a]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(A)I am with you ^[b]always, to ^(B)the end of the age.”

³⁸ and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are ^(A)the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are ^(B)the sons of ^(C)the evil one; ³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is ^(D)the ^[a]end of the age; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰ So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at ^(E)the ^[b]end of the age. ^41 (F)The Son of Man ^(G)will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom ^[c]all ^(H)stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

A New Heaven and Earth

¹⁰ But ^(A)the day of the Lord ^(B)will come like a thief, in which ^(C)the heavens ^(D)will pass away with a roar and the ^(E)elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and ^(F)the earth and ^[a]its works will be ^[b]discovered.

¹¹ Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, ^12 (G)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which ^(H)the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the ^(I)elements will melt with intense heat!

The New Heaven and Earth

21 Then I saw ^(A)a new heaven and a new earth; for ^(B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, this person is ^(B)a new ^[a]creation; ^(C)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.