2 Peter 3:1-9 ▼

1 IT has been a long time since I have writ ten you, my beloved, but now I write you this second epistle; in both of them I have endeavored to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment, given through us, the Apostles of our LORD and Saviour:

3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days mockers who scoff, following after their own lusts,

4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since our fathers passed away, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 Of this they are willingly ignorant: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water, and in the water;

6 And those men, because of whose deeds the world of that time was overflowed with water, perished:

7 But the present heavens and earth are sustained by his word, and are reserved for fire on the day of judgment which is the day of destruction of ungodly men.

8 But, my beloved, do not forget this one thing, that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The LORD is not negligent concerning his promises, as some men count negligence; but is longsuffering toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.