2 Peter 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire.

Cross References

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, it rages strongly around him.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will burst asunder, the earth will be shaken apart, the earth will be convulsed.

Isaiah 34:4

All the host of heaven shall rot; the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll. All their host shall wither away, as the leaf wilts on the vine, or as the fig withers on the tree.

Micah 1:4

The mountains melt under him and the valleys split open, Like wax before the fire, like water poured down a slope.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Matthew 16:28

Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:13

as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. Exhortation to Preparedness.

2 Peter 3:11

Since everything is to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought [you] to be, conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation.”

2 Peter 3:7

The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves in the love of God and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.