3:1 This
is
now
the
second
letter
that
I
am
writing
to
you,
beloved.
In
both
of
them
I
am
stirring
up
your
sincere
mind
by
way
of
reminder,
3:2 that
you
should
remember
the
predictions
of
the
holy
prophets
and
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
and
Savior
through
your
apostles,
3:3 knowing
this
first
of
all,
that
scoffers
will
come
in
the
last
days
with
scoffing,
following
their
own
sinful
desires.
3:4 They
will
say,
"Where
is
the
promise
of
his
coming
For
ever
since
the
fathers
fell
asleep,
all
things
are
continuing
as
they
were
from
the
beginning
of
creation."
3:5 For
they
deliberately
overlook
this
fact,
that
the
heavens
existed
long
ago,
and
the
earth
was
formed
out
of
water
and
through
water
by
the
word
of
God,
3:6 and
that
by
means
of
these
the
world
that
then
existed
was
deluged
with
water
and
perished.
3:7 But
by
the
same
word
the
heavens
and
earth
that
now
exist
are
stored
up
for
fire,
being
kept
until
the
day
of
judgment
and
destruction
of
the
ungodly.
3:8 But
do
not
overlook
this
one
fact,
beloved,
that
with
the
Lord
one
day
is
as
a
thousand
years,
and
a
thousand
years
as
one
day.
3:9 The
Lord
is
not
slow
to
fulfill
his
promise
as
some
count
slowness,
but
is
patient
toward
you,
not
wishing
that
any
should
perish,
but
that
all
should
reach
repentance.
3:10 But
the
day
of
the
Lord
will
come
like
a
thief,
and
then
the
heavens
will
pass
away
with
a
roar,
and
the
heavenly
bodies
will
be
burned
up
and
dissolved,
and
the
earth
and
the
works
that
are
done
on
it
will
be
exposed.
3:11 Since
all
these
things
are
thus
to
be
dissolved,
what
sort
of
people
ought
you
to
be
in
lives
of
holiness
and
godliness,
3:12 waiting
for
and
hastening
the
coming
of
the
day
of
God,
because
of
which
the
heavens
will
be
set
on
fire
and
dissolved,
and
the
heavenly
bodies
will
melt
as
they
burn!
3:13 But
according
to
his
promise
we
are
waiting
for
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth
in
which
righteousness
dwells.
3:14 Therefore,
beloved,
since
you
are
waiting
for
these,
be
diligent
to
be
found
by
him
without
spot
or
blemish,
and
at
peace.
3:15 And
count
the
patience
of
our
Lord
as
salvation,
just
as
our
beloved
brother
Paul
also
wrote
to
you
according
to
the
wisdom
given
him,
3:16 as
he
does
in
all
his
letters
when
he
speaks
in
them
of
these
matters.
There
are
some
things
in
them
that
are
hard
to
understand,
which
the
ignorant
and
unstable
twist
to
their
own
destruction,
as
they
do
the
other
Scriptures.
3:17 You
therefore,
beloved,
knowing
this
beforehand,
take
care
that
you
are
not
carried
away
with
the
error
of
lawless
people
and
lose
your
own
stability.
3:18 But
grow
in
the
grace
and
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ.
To
him
be
the
glory
both
now
and
to
the
day
of
eternity.
Amen.
