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1 THIS NOW, BELOVED, [IS THE] SECOND TO YOU I AM WRITING LETTER, IN WHICH I AM STIRRING UP OF YOU IN PUTTING [YOU] IN REMEMBRANCE <THE> PURE MIND
The Coming Judgment
(Genesis 7:1–24 ; Jude 1:17–23 )
1 Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
2 REMEMBERING THE SPOKEN BEFOREHAND DECLARATIONS — BY THE HOLY PROPHETS AND OF THE <THE> APOSTLES OF YOU COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR;
2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
3 THIS FIRST KNOWING THAT THEY WILL COME IN [THESE] LAST OF THE DAYS WITH SCOFFING SCOFFERS ACCORDING TO <THE> [THEIR] OWN EVIL DESIRES OF THEM FOLLOWING
3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4 AND SAYING; WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF THE COMING OF HIM? FROM [THE TIME] THAT FOR THE FATHERS FELL ASLEEP, ALL THINGS AS THEY WERE CONTINUE FROM [THE] BEGINNING OF CREATION.
4 “Where is the promise of His coming? they will ask. Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.
5 IT IS CONCEALED FROM INDEED THEM THIS WILLINGLY THAT HEAVENS WERE EXISTING LONG AGO AND [THE] EARTH OUT OF WATER AND THROUGH WATER HAVING BEEN COMPOSED BY THE <THE> OF GOD WORD,
5 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
6 THROUGH [MEANS OF] THOSE [WATERS] THE AT THAT TIME WORLD WITH WATER HAVING BEEN DELUGED PERISHED.
6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
7 <THE> BUT NOW [THE] HEAVENS AND THE EARTH BY THE SAME WORD STORED UP THEY ARE FOR FIRE BEING KEPT UNTO [THE] DAY OF JUDGMENT AND DESTRUCTION <THE> OF UNGODLY MEN.
7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8 [THIS] ONE HOWEVER THING NOT SHOULD BE HIDDEN FROM YOU, BELOVED, THAT ONE DAY WITH [THE] LORD [IS] LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS AND A THOUSAND YEARS LIKE DAY ONE.
9 NOT DOES DELAY THE LORD THE PROMISE, AS SOME SLOWNESS ESTEEM; BUT IS PATIENT TOWARD YOU NOT WILLING [FOR] ANY TO PERISH BUT ALL TO REPENTANCE TO COME.
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
10 WILL COME HOWEVER THE DAY OF [THE] LORD LIKE A THIEF IN [THE] NIGHT IN WHICH THE HEAVENS WITH A ROAR WILL PASS AWAY, ELEMENTS THEN BURNING WITH HEAT IT WILL BE DISSOLVED, AND [THE] EARTH AND THE IN IT WORKS NOT WILL BE EXPOSED.
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
11 WHEN THESE THINGS IN THIS WAY ALL BEING DISSOLVED WHAT KIND OUGHT TO BE YOU IN HOLY CONDUCT AND IN GODLINESS
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
12 EXPECTING AND HASTENING THE COMING OF THE <THE> OF GOD DAY, THROUGH WHICH [THE] HEAVENS BEING SET ON FIRE WILL BE DISSOLVED AND [THE] ELEMENTS BURNING WITH HEAT ARE MELTING?
12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
13 NEW HOWEVER HEAVENS AND EARTH A NEW ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE OF HIM WE ARE AWAITING, IN WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS.
13 But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 THEREFORE, BELOVED, THESE THINGS EXPECTING DO BE DILIGENT WITHOUT SPOT AND WITHOUT BLEMISH BY HIM TO BE FOUND IN PEACE,
Final Exhortations
14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace— spotless and blameless in His sight.
15 AND THE OF THE LORD OF US PATIENCE [AS] SALVATION DO ESTEEM, EVEN AS ALSO THE BELOVED OF US BROTHER PAUL ACCORDING TO THE HAVING BEEN GIVEN TO HIM WISDOM WROTE TO YOU,
15 Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
16 AS ALSO IN ALL THE LETTERS SPEAKING IN THEM CONCERNING THESE THINGS; AMONG WHICH [LETTERS] ARE DIFFICULT TO BE UNDERSTOOD SOME THINGS, WHICH THE IGNORANT AND UNESTABLISHED DISTORT AS ALSO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES TO THE OWN OF THEM DESTRUCTION.
16 He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 YOU YOURSELVES THEREFORE, BELOVED, KNOWING [THIS] BEFOREHAND DO BEWARE THAT NOT BY THE OF THE LAWLESS ERROR HAVING BEEN LED AWAY YOU MAY FALL FROM THE [YOUR] OWN STEADFASTNESS,
17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
18 DO GROW HOWEVER IN GRACE AND IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD OF US AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM [BE] THE GLORY BOTH NOW AND TO [THE] DAY OF ETERNITY, AMEN.
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.
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