2 Peter 3:4

New Century Version

They will say, “Jesus promised to come again. Where is he? Our fathers have died, but the world continues the way it has been since it was made.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, “Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!” But they thought Lot was joking.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. What has happened will happen again; there is nothing new here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When evil people are not punished right away, it makes others want to do evil, too.

Jeremiah 17:15

The people of Judah keep asking me, “Where is the word from the Lord? Let’s see that message come true!”

Ezekiel 11:3

They say, ‘It is almost time for us to build houses. This city is like a cooking pot, and we are like the best meat.’

Malachi 2:17

You have tired the Lord with your words. You ask, “How have we tired him?” You did it by saying, “The Lord thinks anyone who does evil is good, and he is pleased with them.” Or you asked, “Where is the God who is fair?”

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man will come again with his Father’s glory and with his angels. At that time, he will reward them for what they have done.

Matthew 16:28

I tell you the truth, some people standing here will see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom before they die.”

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.

Matthew 24:48

But suppose that evil servant thinks to himself, ‘My master will not come back soon,’

Mark 10:6

But when God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’

Mark 13:19

because those days will be full of trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning, when God made the world, until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.

Luke 12:45

But suppose the servant thinks to himself, ‘My master will not come back soon,’ and he begins to beat the other servants, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

Acts 7:60

He fell on his knees and cried in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” After Stephen said this, he died.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

You are our hope, our joy, and the crown we will take pride in when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

2 Peter 3:12

as you wait for and look forward to the coming of the day of God. When that day comes, the skies will be destroyed with fire, and everything in them will melt with heat.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: “The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of all God has made, says this: