2 Peter 3:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The day of the Lord's return will surprise us like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a loud noise, and the heat will melt the whole universe. Then the earth and everything on it will be seen for what they are.

Cross References

Psalm 102:26

They will all disappear and wear out like clothes. You change them, as you would a coat, but you last for ever.

Psalm 46:6

Nations rage! Kingdoms fall! But at the voice of God the earth itself melts.

Psalm 97:5

Mountains melt away like wax in the presence of the LORD of all the earth.

Isaiah 2:12

The LORD All-Powerful has chosen a day when those who are proud and conceited will be put down.

Isaiah 24:19

the earth is shattered, ripped to pieces.

Isaiah 34:4

Each star will disappear— the sky will roll up like a scroll. Everything in the sky will dry up and wilt like leaves on a vine or fruit on a tree.

Isaiah 51:6

Look closely at the sky! Stare at the earth. The sky will vanish like smoke; the earth will wear out like clothes. Everyone on this earth will die like flies. But my victory will last; my saving power never ends.

Joel 1:15

We are in for trouble! Soon the LORD All-Powerful will bring disaster.

Joel 2:1

Sound the trumpet on Zion, the LORD's sacred hill. Warn everyone to tremble! The judgment day of the LORD is coming soon.

Joel 2:31

The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before that great and terrible day when I appear.

Joel 3:14

Crowds fill Decision Valley. The judgment day of the LORD will soon be here—

Amos 9:13

You will have such a harvest that you won't be able to bring in all your wheat before ploughing time. You will have grapes left over from season to season; your fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains.

Amos 9:5

When the LORD God All-Powerful touches the earth, it melts, and its people mourn. God makes the earth rise and then fall, just like the River Nile.

Micah 1:4

Mountains will melt beneath his feet like wax beside a fire. Valleys will vanish like water rushing down a ravine.

Nahum 1:5

At the sight of the LORD, mountains and hills tremble and melt; the earth and its people shudder and shake.

Malachi 4:5

I, the LORD, promise to send the prophet Elijah before that great and terrible day comes.

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last for ever, but my words will.

Mark 13:31

The sky and the earth will not last for ever, but my words will.

Luke 12:39

You would not let a thief break into your home, if you knew when the thief was coming.

Romans 8:20

Meanwhile, creation is confused, but not because it wants to be confused. God made it this way in the hope

1 Corinthians 1:8

And until the day Christ does return, he will keep you completely innocent.

1 Corinthians 5:5

You must then hand that man over to Satan. His body will be destroyed, but his spirit will be saved when the Lord Jesus returns.

2 Corinthians 1:14

just as you already partly understand us. Then when our Lord Jesus returns, you can be as proud of us as we are of you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief.

2 Peter 3:11

Everything will be destroyed. So you should serve and honour God by the way you live.

2 Peter 3:12

You should look forward to the day when God judges everyone, and you should try to make it come soon. On that day the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and everything else will melt in the heat.

2 Peter 3:7

But God has commanded the present heavens and earth to remain until the day of judgment. Then they will be set on fire, and ungodly people will be destroyed.

Jude 1:6

You also know about the angels who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great day of judgment.

Revelation 16:15

Remember that Christ says, “When I come, it will surprise you like a thief! But God will bless you, if you are awake and ready. Then you won't have to walk around naked and be ashamed.”

Revelation 20:11

I saw a great white throne with someone sitting on it. Earth and heaven tried to run away, but there was nowhere for them to go.

Revelation 21:1

I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and so had the sea.

Revelation 3:3

Remember the teaching that you were given and that you heard. Hold firmly to it and turn from your sins. If you don't wake up, I will come when you least expect it, just as a thief does.

Revelation 6:14

Then the sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all mountains and islands were moved from their places.