2 Peter 3:4

New Living Translation

They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

Jeremiah 17:15

People scoff at me and say, “What is this ‘message from the Lord’ you talk about? Why don’t your predictions come true?”

Ezekiel 11:3

They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.’

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.

Matthew 16:28

And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

Matthew 24:28

Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.

Matthew 24:48

But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’

Mark 10:6

But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.

Mark 13:19

For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.

Luke 12:45

But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

Acts 7:60

He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!

2 Peter 3:12

looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s new creation: