3This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding youG5026G1208G1992G27G1125G2235G1125G5213G1722G3739G1326G5216G1506G1271G1722G52802that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.G3415G4487G4280G5259G40G4396G2532G1785G2257G652G2962G2532G49903First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lustsG1097G5124G4412G3754G2064G1909G2078G2250G1703G4198G2596G846G2398G19394and 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!"G2532G3004G4226G2076G1860G846G3952G1063G575G3739G3962G2837G3956G3779G1265G575G746G29375They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,G1063G5124G846G2309G2990G3754G3056G2316G3772G2258G1597G2532G1093G4921G1537G5204G2532G1223G52046through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.G1223G3739G2889G5119G2626G5204G6227But 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.G1161G3772G2532G1093G3568G846G3056G1526G2343G5083G4442G1519G2250G2920G2532G684G765G4448But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.G1161G27G2990G3361G5209G2990G1520G5124G3754G3391G2250G3844G2962G5613G5507G2094G2532G5507G2094G5613G3391G22509The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.G2962G1019G3756G1019G1860G5613G5100G2233G1022G235G3114G1519G2248G3361G1014G5100G622G235G3956G5562G1519G334110But 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 dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.G1161G2250G2962G2240G5613G2812G1722G3571G1722G3739G3772G3928G4500G1161G4747G3089G2741G1093G2532G2532G2041G1722G846G261811Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,G3767G3956G5130G3089G4217G1163G5209G5225G1722G40G391G2532G215012waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire?G4328G2532G4692G3952G2250G2316G1223G3739G3772G4448G3089G2532G4747G5080G274113But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.G1161G4328G2596G846G1862G4328G2537G3772G2532G2537G1093G1722G3739G2730G1343
Final Exhortation and Doxology
14Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish;G1352G27G4328G5023G4704G2147G846G1722G1515G784G2532G29815and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,G2532G2233G3115G2257G2962G4991G2531G2257G27G80G3972G2532G2596G4678G1325G846G1125G521316speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.G5613G2532G1722G3956G1992G2980G1722G846G4012G5130G1722G3739G2076G5100G1425G3739G261G2532G793G4761G5613G2532G3062G1124G4314G846G2398G68417You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability.G5210G3767G27G4267G5442G3363G1601G4879G4106G113G1601G2398G474018But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.G1161G837G1722G5485G2532G1108G2257G2962G2532G4990G2424G5547G846G1391G2532G3568G2532G1519G165G2250G281