2 Peter 3:12

Modern English Version

while you are waiting for and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will be consumed by intense heat?

Cross References

Psalm 50:3

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; a devouring fire shall precede Him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is split through, the earth is shaken violently.

Isaiah 34:4

All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a book; and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters deluged down a slope.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man shall come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will repay every man according to his works.

Matthew 16:28

Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:13

as we await the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat. The earth also and the works that are in it will be burned up.

2 Peter 3:11

Seeing then that all these things are to be destroyed, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

2 Peter 3:4

and say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were since the beginning of the creation.”

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word, the heavens and the earth that now exist are being reserved for fire, kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God while you are waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which leads to eternal life.