2 Peter 3:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been stored up (reserved) for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Common English Bible

⁷ But by the same word, heaven and earth are now held in reserve for fire, kept for the Judgment Day and destruction of ungodly people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

2 Peter 3:7 Cross References

Psalm 102:26

Long ago You founded the earth, the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire is devouring before Him, and it storms around Him mightily.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like gnats, but My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness never wane.

Isaiah 66:15

For behold, Adonai will come in fire, and His chariots like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Daniel 7:9

“While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His garment was as white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, its wheels a burning fire.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore, wait for me, declares Adonai, for the day when I rise up for plunder: for My decision is to assemble nations, to gather kingdoms, to pour out My fury upon them— all My burning anger. For in the fire of My wrath all the earth will be consumed.

Matthew 10:15

Amen, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.

Matthew 11:22

Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the Day of Judgment than for you.

Matthew 11:24

Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you.”

Matthew 12:36

But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment, men will give account for every careless word they speak.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Matthew 25:41

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Go away from Me, you cursed ones, into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

Mark 6:11

And whatever place will not receive you or listen to you, as you leave from there, shake the dust off the bottom of your feet as a witness against them.”

John 12:48

The one who rejects Me and doesn’t receive My words has a judge; the word I spoke will judge him on the last day.

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

1 Corinthians 3:13

each one’s work will become clear. For the Day will show it, because it is to be revealed by fire; and the fire itself will test each one’s work—what sort it is.

Philippians 1:28

and not being frightened in any way by your opponents. For them this is a sign of destruction, but for you salvation—and that from God.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for the Day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the one destined to be destroyed.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is a consuming fire.

2 Peter 2:9

Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment—

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements will melt and disintegrate, and the earth and everything done on it shall be exposed.

2 Peter 3:12

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. In that day the heavens will be dissolved by fire, and the elements will melt in the intense heat.

1 John 4:17

In this way, love is made perfect among us, so that we should have boldness on the Day of Judgment. For just as He is, so also are we in this world.

Jude 1:7

In the same way as these angels, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them—having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after a different sort of flesh—are displayed as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that was and is not—he himself is the eighth, and is one of the seven, and is heading for destruction.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and yet is about to rise up from the abyss and head for destruction. Those who dwell on the earth—whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world—will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.