2 Peter 3:10

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Summary

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.

As a

Revelation 16:15

In the which

The elements

2 Peter 3:12

General references

Bible References

As a

Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.

But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep it and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they may not see his shame.)

In the which

They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope

They shall perish, but thou continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea exists no more.

The elements

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

General references

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished.

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone.

But in those days, after that distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light;

But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.