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2 Peter 3:6-8
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2 Peter 3:6-8
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6 through these the world that then existed was destroyed,(A) deluged with water.[a] 7 The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.(B)
8 [b]But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years[c] and a thousand years like one day.(C)
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- 3:6 Destroyed, deluged with water: cf. 2 Pt 2:5; Gn 7:11–8:2.
- 3:8–10 The scoffers’ objection (2 Pt 3:4) is refuted also by showing that delay of the Lord’s second coming is not a failure to fulfill his word but rather a sign of his patience: God is giving time for repentance before the final judgment (cf. Wis 11:23–26; Ez 18:23; 33:11).
- 3:8 Cf. Ps 90:4.
2 Peter 3:6-8
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2 Peter 3:6-8
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6 By these waters also the world of that time(A) was deluged and destroyed.(B) 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(C) being kept for the day of judgment(D) and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(E)
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