2 Peter 3:11

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

In Context

10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.

12while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:12For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

Philippians 3:20But commonwealth is in heaven; and it is from heaven also that we are anxiously awaiting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 3:16Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:10-11

Destruction of the World. ( a. d. 67.) 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. We are here told that the Lord is not slack —he does not… Read the whole commentary →

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