2Pe 3:12 | NET2full | STEP | while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God ? Because of this day , the heavens will be burned up and dissolve , and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze !

‏ 2 Peter 3:12

12 while waiting for and hastening ^{▼▼tn Or possibly, “striving for,” but the meaning “hasten” for σπουδάζω (spoudazō) 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.} the coming of the day of God? ^{▼▼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).} Because of this day, ^{▼▼tn Grk “on account of which” (a subordinate relative clause in Greek).} the heavens will be burned up and ^{▼▼tn Grk “being burned up, will dissolve.”} dissolve, and the celestial bodies ^{▼▼tn See note in v. 10 on “celestial bodies.”} will melt away in a blaze! ^{▼▼tn Grk “being burned up” (see v. 10).}