2 Peter 3:12

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“looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”

— WEB

“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?”

— KJV

“looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”

— ASV

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2 Peter 3:10 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will …"
Isaiah 34:4 "All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades…"
Micah 1:4 "The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place."
Titus 2:13 "looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;"
Psalms 50:3 "Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him."
1 Corinthians 1:7-8 "so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;"
2 Peter 3:7 "But the heavens that now exist, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment …"
Isaiah 64:1-12 "Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence."

Commentary

hasting unto--with the utmost eagerness desiring [WAHL], praying for, and contemplating, the coming Saviour as at hand. The Greek may mean "hastening (that is, urging onward [ALFORD]) the day of God"; not that God's eternal appointment of the time is changeable, but God appoints us as instruments of accomplishing those events which must be first before the day of God can come. By praying for His coming, furthering the preaching of the Gospel for a witness to all nations, and bringing in those whom "the long-suffering of God" waits to save, we hasten the coming of the day of God. The Greek verb is always in New Testament used as neuter (as English Version here), not active; but the Septuagint uses it actively. Christ says, "Surely I come quickly. Amen." Our part is to speed forward this consummation by praying, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus" (Rev 22:20). the coming--Greek, "presence" of a person: usually, of the Saviour. the day of God--God has given many myriads of days to men: one shall be the great "day of God" Himself. wherein--rather as Greek, "on account of (or owing to) which" day. heavens--the upper and lower regions of the sky. melt--Our igneous rocks show that they were once in a liquid state.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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