8 Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.
11 Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;
12 while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.
13 But according to his promise, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness makes her dwelling.