1 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them *ch. 1:13I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 *Jude 17that you should remember the predictions of *Luke 1:70;Acts 3:21the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, 3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come *Jude 18in the last days with scoffing, *ch. 2:10following their own sinful desires. 4 *Isa. 5:19;Jer. 17:15;Ezek. 11:3;12:22,27;Mal. 2:17They will say, "Where is the promise of *See 1 Thess. 2:19his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation." 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth *Ps. 24:2;136:6was formed out of water and through water *Gen. 1:6,9;Ps. 33:6;[Heb. 11:3]by the word of God, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed *ch. 2:5was deluged with water and *Gen. 7:11,21perished. 7 But by the same word *ver. 10, 12the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and *[2 Thess. 1:9]destruction of the ungodly.

8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and *Ps. 90:4a thousand years as one day. 9 *Hab. 2:3;Heb. 10:37The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise *[Eccles. 8:11;Rev. 2:21] as some count slowness, but *Isa. 30:18;Luke 18:7is patient toward you,*3:9 Some manuscripts on your account*Ezek. 18:23,32;33:11not wishing that any should perish, but *1 Tim. 2:4that all should reach repentance. 10 But *See Matt. 24:43the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then *[Rev. 6:14;20:11;21:1]; See Matt. 24:35the heavens will pass away with a roar, and *Isa. 34:4;[Isa. 24:19;Mic. 1:4;Nah. 1:5]the heavenly bodies*3:10 Or elements; also verse 12 will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.*3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, *1 Pet. 1:15what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 *[Luke 12:36;1 Cor. 1:7;1 Thess. 1:10;Titus 2:13;Jude 21] waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and *See ver. 10the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for *Isa. 65:17;66:22;Rev. 21:1new heavens and a new earth *Isa. 60:21;Rev. 21:27in which righteousness dwells.

14 *1 Cor. 15:58Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him *James 1:27without spot or *Phil. 2:15;[Phil. 1:10;1 Thess. 3:13] blemish, and *[1 Thess. 5:23]at peace. 15 And count *See ver. 9the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as *[Acts 15:25] our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you *1 Cor. 3:10according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. *[Heb. 5:11] There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, *[Isa. 28:13]as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, *ch. 1:12;[Mark 13:23] knowing this beforehand, *ch. 1:10;1 Cor. 10:12take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But *ch. 1:5;Eph. 4:15;Col. 1:10;2:19;1 Pet. 2:2grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. *See Rom. 11:36To him be the glory both now and to the day of *[ver. 8]eternity. Amen.