recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.