2 Peter 3:1-9 ▼

1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; through them by way of reminder I am trying to stir up your sincere disposition,

2 to recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and savior through your apostles.

3 Know this first of all, that in the last days scoffers will come [to] scoff, living according to their own desires

4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation.”

5 They deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God;

6 through these the world that then existed was destroyed, deluged with water.

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.

8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that 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 regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.