2 Peter 3:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire?

Cross References

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

Isaiah 34:4

All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall wither like a leaf withering on a vine or fruit withering on a fig tree.

Micah 1:4

Then the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will burst open like wax near the fire, like waters poured down a slope.

2 Peter 3:7

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

Titus 2:13

while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes and does not keep silent; before him is a devouring fire and a mighty tempest all around him.

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

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 Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth is utterly broken; the earth is torn apart; the earth is violently shaken.

Matthew 16:27

“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done.

Matthew 16:28

Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,