Dear Friends,
This is now my Second Letter to you.
I have written both of them as Reminders
To Stimulate you to Wholesome Thinking.
2 I want you to Recall
The Words Spoken in the Past
By the Holy Prophets
And the Command given
By our Lord and Savior
Through your Apostles.
3 ABOVE ALL,
You Must Understand
THAT IN THE LAST DAYS
SCOFFERS WILL COME,
Scoffing and Following their own Evil Desires.
4 They will Say
“Where is this ‘Coming’ He Promised?
Ever since the Beginning of Creation.”
5 But they Deliberately Forget
That Long Ago
By God’s Word and by Water,
6 By these Waters also the World
Of that Time
WAS DELUGED AND DESTROYED.
7 By the Same Word
The Present Heavens and Earth
ARE RESERVED FOR FIRE,
Being Kept
FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
AND DESTRUCTION
Of the Ungodly.
8 But Do Not Forget this One Thing,
Dear Friends. With the Lord
A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS
AND A THOUSAND YEARS LIKE A DAY.
9 the Lord is not Slow
In Keeping His Promises,
As some understand Slowness,
Instead He is Patient with you,
NOT WANTING ANYONE TO PERISH,
BUT EVERYONE TO COME TO REPENTANCE.
(2 Peter 3:1-9, NIV)
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