3:3 Knowing this first, that mockers will be coming in the last of the days, conducting-themselves according-to their own lusts, 3:4 and saying, Where is the promise of his presence? (For* from which time the fathers fell-asleep, all things remain thus as they were from the beginning of the creation.)
3:5 For* this is eluding them (willing it to be so): that the heavens were from long-ago, and an earth established {Or: standing together} out-of water and through water by the word of God; 3:6 through which water, the world that was then was destroyed, which has been flooded in water. {Gen 7:21} 3:7 But the current heavens and the current earth are being stored up for fire by the same word, being kept to the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
3:8 But beloved, let this one thing not elude you°, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some deem slowness, but has patience toward us, not planning for any to perish, but for all to make room *for your° repentance.
3:10 But the day of the Lord will be coming like a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass-away with a crashing-sound, and the elements will be dissolved, being burnt with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it will be burned up. 3:11 Therefore, with all these things being dissolved, see what sort of things it is essential for you° to possess in all holy conducts and devotions, 3:12 expecting and diligently wanting the presence of the day of God, through which the heavens will be dissolved, being inflamed, and the elements are melted, being burnt with heat. 3:13 But according-to his promise, we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.
3:14 Hence, beloved, while expecting these things, be° diligent to be found in peace, unstained and unblemished by him. 3:15 And deem° the patience of our Lord to be salvation, just-as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you° according-to the wisdom which was given to him, 3:16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them concerning these things, in which some things are hard to perceive, which the unlearned and unstable ones are twisting, as they also twist the rest of the Scriptures to their own destruction. 3:17 Therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand these things, guard° yourselves, in-order-that you° might not fall from his own firmness, after you° have been led away together-with the error of the immoral. 3:18 But grow° in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory is to him, both now and toward the final day of the world. Amen.
{NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., *FOR is different from FOR* is different from FOR. ° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.}