The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he[a] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed by[b] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds done on it will be disclosed. 11 Because[c] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“want”) which is understood as causal
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being burned up”) which is understood as means
  3. 2 Peter 3:11 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are being destroyed”) which is understood as causal