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The Day of the Lord

10 But athe day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which bthe heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be1 burned up.  
11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be ain holy conduct and godliness,  
12 alooking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will bbe dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will cmelt with fervent heat?  
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for anew heavens and a bnew earth in which righteousness dwells.  

Be Steadfast

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent ato be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;  
15 and consider that athe longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,  
16 as also in all his aepistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the brest of the Scriptures.  
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2 Peter 3:12

Looking for (prosdokwntav). Present active participle of prosdokaw (Matthew 11:3) agreeing in case (accusative plural) with umav.

Earnestly desiring (speudontav). Present active participle, accusative also, of speudw, old verb, to hasten (like our speed) as in Luke 2:16, but it is sometimes transitive as here either (preferably so) to "hasten on the parousia" by holy living (cf. I Peter 2:12), with which idea compare Matthew 6:10; Acts 3:19 f., or to desire earnestly (Isaiah 16:5).

Being on fire (puroumenoi). Present passive participle of purow, old verb (from pur), same idea as in verse II Peter 3:10.

Shall melt (thketai). Futuristic present passive indicative of thkw, old verb, to make liquid, here only in N.T. Hort suggests thcetai (future middle), though Isaiah 34:4 has takhsontai (second future passive). The repetitions here make "an effective refrain" (Mayor).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Peter 3:12:

Colossians 2:8
2 Peter 1:16
2 Peter 3:10
2 Peter 3:13
Revelation 16:14

 

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