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2 Peter 3:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, "
2 Peter 3:11
Verse in Context
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The Lord is ➔ not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, ➔ according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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2 Peter 3:1
"This second epistle, beloved, I ➔ now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:"
2 Peter 3:2
"That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:"
2 Peter 3:3
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,"
2 Peter 3:4
"And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
2 Peter 3:5
"For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:"
2 Peter 3:6
"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:"
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