2 Peter 3:12
Looking for, and hasting vnto the comming of that day of God, by the which the heauens being on fire, shall be dissolued, and the elements shall melt with heate?
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Isaiah 2:1The worde that Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sawe vpon Iudah and Ierusalem.
Isaiah 64:1Oh, that thou wouldest breake the heauens, and come downe, and that the mountaines might melt at thy presence!
1 Corinthians 1:7So that ye are not destitute of any gift: wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and appearing of that glorie of that mightie God, and of our Sauiour Iesus Christ,
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.
Revelation 6:13And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, as a figge tree casteth her greene figges when it is shaken of a mightie winde.
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 →