2 Peter 3:10 — Community Reflections

2 PETER 3:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“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.”

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be exposed — the thief simile emphasizes the unexpected timing (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:2). The roaring heavens and dissolved elements (stoicheia lysomenon) represent creation's violent renewal rather than simple annihilation.

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