2 Peter 3:13
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But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth.

Isaiah 60:21
And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me.

Isaiah 65:17
For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and your name.

Romans 8:21
Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

2 Peter 1:4
By whom he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature: flying the corruption of that concupiscence which is in the world.

Revelation 21:1
I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more.

Revelation 21:27
There shall not enter into it any thing defiled or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie: but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

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But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth.

according.

Isaiah 65:17 For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.

Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and your name.

Revelation 21:1,27 I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more. . . .

Context
The Day of the Lord
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat? 13But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth. 14Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.…
Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

in keeping with
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[God’s]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

promise,
ἐπάγγελμα (epangelma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1862: A promise. From epaggello; a self-committal.

we are looking forward to
προσδοκῶμεν (prosdokōmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4328: To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await.

a new
καινοὺς (kainous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2537: Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new

heaven
οὐρανοὺς (ouranous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

a new
καινὴν (kainēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2537: Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new

earth,
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

where
οἷς (hois)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

righteousness
δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification.

dwells.
κατοικεῖ (katoikei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2730: To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.


Additional Translations
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

But according to His promise, we are awaiting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness.

But in accordance with His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will dwell.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;
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