knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture came into being of its own private interpretation.

First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up.