The Second Epistle General of Peter

 1 This second epistle, beloved, I now ^awrite unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of ^bremembrance:

 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy ^aprophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

 3 ^aKnowing this first, that there shall come in the ^blast days scoffers, walking after their own ^clusts,

 4 And saying, ^aWhere is the ^bpromise of his ^ccoming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

 5 For this they willingly are ^aignorant of, that by the ^bword of God the heavens were of old, and the ^cearth standing out of the water and in the water:

 6 Whereby the world that then was, being ^aoverflowed with ^bwater, perished:

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

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

 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is ^alongsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should ^bperish, but that all should come to ^crepentance.

 10 But the ^aday of the Lord will ^bcome as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall ^cpass away with a great noise, and the ^delements shall melt with fervent heat, the ^eearth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what ^amanner of persons ought ye to be in all holy ^bconversation and godliness,

 12 ^aLooking for and ^bhasting unto the ^ccoming of the ^dday of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new ^aheavens and a ^bnew ^cearth, wherein dwelleth ^drighteousness.

 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be ^adiligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without ^bspot, and blameless.

 15 And ^aaccount that the ^blongsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable ^awrest, as they do also the other ^bscriptures, unto their own destruction.

 17 Ye therefore, beloved, ^aseeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being ^bled ^caway with the error of the wicked, fall from your own ^dsteadfastness.

 18 But grow in ^agrace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.