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2 Peter 3:11
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter, writing to believers under pressure from scoffers who deny the coming of the Day of the Lord, moves from the description of that Day (v. 10) to its practical demand.
The words — λυομένων (luomenōn, "being dissolved") is the same verb used of the elements in v. 10; the cosmic unmaking is the direct ground for the ethical question that follows.
The thread — The conduct language echoes Philippians 1:27 and 1 Peter 2:12; the holiness demand parallels 1 Peter 1:15, where the standard is God's own character.
Why it lands — The verse grounds holiness not only in God's nature but in the coming dissolution of the world: if everything is being unmade, the question is what kind of person you will be in the meantime.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 1:15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Philippians 1:27 Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith of the gospel,
- 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- 1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- 2 Peter 3:12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
- James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- Isaiah 34:4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Isaiah 14:31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
- 1 Timothy 6:3 If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,