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11 Since all these things are thus [a]in the process of being dissolved, what kind of person ought [each of] you to be [in the meanwhile] in consecrated and holy behavior and devout and godly qualities,

12 While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [[b]material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire?(A)

13 But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness (uprightness, freedom from sin, and right standing with God) is to abide.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:11 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.

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