2 Peter 3

8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. 9 The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he**Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("want") which is understood as causal does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed by**Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means being burned up, and the earth and the deeds done on it will be disclosed. 11 Because**Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are being destroyed") which is understood as causal all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of people must you be in holy behavior and godliness, 12 while**Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("waiting for") which is understood as temporal waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by**Here "by" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being burned up") which is understood as means being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt as they**Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are consumed by heat") which is understood as temporal are consumed by heat! 13 But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.