2 Peter 3:12
waiting for and hurrying the coming of the Day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with burning heat?
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13And we wait for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness dwells;
Cross References
Isaiah 2:1The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
Isaiah 64:1Did You not tear the heavens? You came down, || Mountains flowed from Your presence,
1 Corinthians 1:7so that you are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Titus 2:13waiting for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
2 Peter 3:10and it will come—the Day of the LORD—as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning heat, and [the] earth and the works in it will not be found.
Revelation 6:13and the stars of Heaven fell to the earth—as a fig tree casts her unripe figs, being shaken by a great wind—
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:12-18
Solemn Exhortations. ( a. d. 67.) 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day 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 heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent… Read the whole commentary →