2 Peter 3:1-7 (New International Version)

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The Day of the Lord

1 Dear friends,¹ this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders² to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets³ and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.⁴ 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days⁵ scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.⁶ 4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised?⁷ Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."⁸ 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word⁹ the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.¹⁰ 6 By these waters also the world of that time¹¹ was deluged and destroyed.¹² 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,¹³ being kept for the day of judgment¹⁴ and destruction of ungodly men.

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