2 PETER 3:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells — the Isaiah 65:17 allusion promises not annihilation but transformation. The righteousness that dwells (katoikeō) there indicates that the new creation will embody justice and moral perfection. The promise (epaggelma) of new heavens and earth becomes the anchor for Christian hope against scoffers.
Church Fathers on 2 Peter 3:13
But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Therefore the heavens and the earth, or the world which was preserved from the water to stand in place of that world which perished in the flood, is itself reserved to fire at last in the day of the judgment and perdition of ungodly men. He does not hesitate to affirm that in this great change men also shall perish:…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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