2 Peter 3

1Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which, I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

1This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> ,

2That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophet and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.

2to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

3Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

3this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

4Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? For since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

4and saying, `Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

5For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

5for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

6through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

7But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

7and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

8But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

8And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

9The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance,

9the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

10But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence and the elements shall be melted with heat and the earth and the works which are in it shall be burnt up.

10and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

11Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?

11All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat?

12waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

13But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth.

13and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

14Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.

14wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

15And account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you:

15and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you,

16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

16as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

17You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.

17Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

18But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of eternity, Amen.

18and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.