2 Petrus 3:7

3:7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. ¹ 

2 Petrus 3:12

3:12 while waiting for and hastening ²  the coming of the day of God? ³  Because of this day, ⁴  the heavens will be burned up and ⁵  dissolve, and the celestial bodies ⁶  will melt away in a blaze! ⁷ 

2 Petrus 3:2

3:2 I want you to recall ⁸  both ⁹  the predictions ¹⁰  foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. ¹¹ 

1 Tesalonika 1:7

1:7 As a result you became an example ¹²  to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

[3:7]  ¹ tn Grk “the ungodly people.”

[3:12]  ² tn Or possibly, “striving for,” but the meaning “hasten” for σπουδάζω (spoudazw) is normative in Jewish apocalyptic literature (in which the coming of the Messiah/the end is anticipated). Such a hastening is not an arm-twisting of the divine volition, but a response by believers that has been decreed by God.

[3:12]  ³ sn The coming of the day of God. Peter elsewhere describes the coming or parousia as the coming of Christ (cf. 2 Pet 1:16; 3:4). The almost casual exchange between “God” and “Christ” in this little book, and elsewhere in the NT, argues strongly for the deity of Christ (see esp. 1:1).

[3:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “on account of which” (a subordinate relative clause in Greek).

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “being burned up, will dissolve.”

[3:12]  ⁶ tn See note in v. 10 on “celestial bodies.”

[3:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “being burned up” (see v. 10).

[3:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “to remember.” “I want you” is supplied to smooth out the English. The Greek infinitive is subordinate to the previous clause.

[3:2]  ⁹ tn “Both” is not in Greek; it is supplied to show more clearly that there are two objects of the infinitive “to remember” – predictions and commandment.

[3:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with πρόειπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the prophets uttered prophecies.

[3:2]  ¹¹ sn Holy prophets…apostles. The first chapter demonstrated that the OT prophets were trustworthy guides (1:19-21) and that the NT apostles were also authoritative (1:16-18). Now, using the same catch phrase found in the Greek text of 1:20 (τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες, touto prwton ginwskontes), Peter points to specific prophecies of the prophets as an argument against the false teachers.

[1:7]  ¹² tc Most mss (א A C D² F G Ψ 0278 Ï) have the plural τύπους (tupou", “examples”) here, while a few important witnesses have the singular τύπον (tupon, “example”; B D*^,c 6 33 81 104 1739 1881 pc lat). With ὑμᾶς (Jumas, “you”) immediately preceding, the plural form looks motivated: Scribes would be expected to change the singular to the plural here. Although the external evidence for the singular reading is not overwhelming, the internal evidence for it is compelling.