2 Peter 3:4
Greek Text— 2 Peter 3:4and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—
“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.
holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh‘s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
“Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
Behold, they ask me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”
Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘Yahweh doesn’t see us. Yahweh has forsaken the land.’ ”
This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?’
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.
Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.”
A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”
“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?
After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off, and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined.
for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.’
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city!” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.