2 Peter 3:12

Good News Translation

as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon—the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat.

Cross References

Psalm 50:3

Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will crack and shatter and split open.

Isaiah 34:4

The sun, moon, and stars will crumble to dust. The sky will disappear like a scroll being rolled up, and the stars will fall like leaves dropping from a vine or a fig tree.

Micah 1:4

Then the mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire; they will pour down into the valleys like water pouring down a hill.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

Matthew 16:28

I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man come as King.”

Philippians 1:6

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

2 Peter 3:10

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God,

2 Peter 3:4

and will ask, “He promised to come, didn't he? Where is he? Our ancestors have already died, but everything is still the same as it was since the creation of the world!”

2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.

Jude 1:21

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.