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2 Peter 3:11–12

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Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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From verse 11

  1. 1 Peter 1:15Rank 1 from verse 11
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    15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

  2. Philippians 1:27Rank 2 from verse 11
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    27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  3. 1 Peter 2:12Rank 3 from verse 11
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    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  4. 1 Timothy 6:11Rank 4 from verse 11
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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  5. 2 Peter 3:12Rank 5 from verse 11
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    12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

  6. James 3:13Rank 6 from verse 11
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    13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

  7. Isaiah 34:4Rank 7 from verse 11
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    4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

  8. Philippians 3:20Rank 8 from verse 11
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    20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

  9. 1 Timothy 6:3Rank 9 from verse 11
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    3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

  10. 2 Peter 1:3Rank 10 from verse 11
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    3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

  11. Isaiah 14:31Rank 11 from verse 11
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    31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

  12. 1 Timothy 4:12Rank 12 from verse 11
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    12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

  13. James 1:24Rank 13 from verse 11
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    24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

  14. Matthew 8:27Rank 14 from verse 11
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    27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

  15. Psalms 50:23Rank 15 from verse 11
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    23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

  16. Psalms 75:3Rank 16 from verse 11
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    3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

  17. 1 Thessalonians 1:5Rank 17 from verse 11
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    5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

  18. 1 Timothy 3:16Rank 18 from verse 11
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    16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  19. 1 Timothy 6:6Rank 19 from verse 11
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  20. Isaiah 24:19Rank 20 from verse 11
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    19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

  21. 2 Peter 1:6Rank 21 from verse 11
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    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

  22. Hebrews 13:5Rank 22 from verse 11
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    5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

  23. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 23 from verse 11
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  24. Psalms 37:14Rank 24 from verse 11
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

From verse 12

  1. 2 Peter 3:10Rank 1 from verse 12
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    10But 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.

  2. Isaiah 34:4Rank 2 from verse 12
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    4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

  3. Micah 1:4Rank 3 from verse 12
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    4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

  4. Titus 2:13Rank 4 from verse 12
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:7–8Rank 5 from verse 12
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    7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  6. 2 Peter 3:7Rank 6 from verse 12
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    7But 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.

  7. Isaiah 64:1–12Rank 7 from verse 12
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    1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

    2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

    3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

    4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

    5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

    6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

    7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

    8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

    9¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

    10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

    11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

    12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  8. Psalms 50:3Rank 8 from verse 12
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    3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

  9. Revelation 6:13–14Rank 9 from verse 12
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    13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

    14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  10. Isaiah 2:1–22Rank 10 from verse 12
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    1THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

    2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

    3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

    4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

    5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

    6¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

    7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

    8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

    9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

    10¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.

    11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

    13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

    14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

    15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

    17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

    18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

    19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

    20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

    21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

    22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  11. Jude 1:21Rank 11 from verse 12
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    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  12. Philippians 1:6Rank 12 from verse 12
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    6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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2 Peter 3:11

COMBINED MEANING

seeing

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1. As a connective, because, since, or in view of a stated fact. 2. Perceiving with the eyes; observing. 3. Recognizing, discerning, understanding, or foreseeing.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dissolved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dissolve. Sense 1: To solve or clear up. Sense 2: To loose, melt, break apart, or deprive of former structure. Sense 3: To bring to an end. Sense 4: Figuratively, to weaken or deprive of stability or courage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

conversation

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Sense 1: Conduct, behaviour, or manner of life. Sense 2: A person's commonwealth or place of belonging.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Peter 3:12

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

coming

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Sense 1: Present-participial form of come: approaching or arriving. Sense 2: The act, time, or event of approaching or arriving.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dissolved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dissolve. Sense 1: To solve or clear up. Sense 2: To loose, melt, break apart, or deprive of former structure. Sense 3: To bring to an end. Sense 4: Figuratively, to weaken or deprive of stability or courage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

melt

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Sense 1: To become or cause to become liquid, dissolved, softened, consumed, dispersed, or wasted away. Sense 2: Figuratively, to fail, give way, or lose strength or courage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fervent

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1. Intensely hot or burning. 2. Earnest, zealous, or intensely active in spirit, affection, or prayer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heat

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Sense 1: Warmth or high temperature. Sense 2: To make or become hot.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3:1THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

3:2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

3:4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

3:5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

3:7But 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.

3:8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

3:9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

3:10But 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.

3:11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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3:13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

3:15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

3:16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

3:17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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