2 Peter 3:1-9 ▼

1 Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to develop a genuine understanding with a reminder,

2 so that you can remember the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.

3 First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

4 saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

5 They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.

6 Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.

7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

9 The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.