3:8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, 12 that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, 13 as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish 14 for any 15 to perish but for all to come to repentance. 16 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, 17 the heavens will disappear 18 with a horrific noise, 19 and the celestial bodies 20 will melt away 21 in a blaze, 22 and the earth and every deed done on it 23 will be laid bare. 24 3:11 Since all these things are to melt away 25 in this manner, 26 what sort of people must we 27 be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness, 28 3:12 while waiting for and hastening 29 the coming of the day of God? 30 Because of this day, 31 the heavens will be burned up and 32 dissolve, and the celestial bodies 33 will melt away in a blaze! 34