The Second Epistle General of Peter

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(Genesis 7:1–24; Jude 1:17–23)

This letter that I am now writing to you whom I love, is the second letter that I have written to you. I have written both these letters to you in order that by reminding you about the things you already know, I may stimulate you to think sincerely about those things.

I want you to remember the words that were spoken by the holy prophets long ago, and also to remember what our Lord and Savior commanded, things that we, your apostles, told you about.

It is important for you to understand that in the time immediately before Messiah comes back, people will ridicule you for saying that Messiah will come back. Those people will do whatever evil deeds they wish to do.

They will say, “Although Messiah promised that he would come back, he has not. Since the ancestors died, everything has remained the same. Things are as they always have been since God created the world!”

They will say this because they deliberately overlook the fact that God, by commanding long ago that it should be so, caused the heavens to exist, and he caused the earth to come up out of water and to be separate from the water.

And God, by commanding that it should be so, later destroyed the world that existed at that time, by causing the earth to be flooded with water.

Furthermore, God, by commanding that it should be so, has set apart the heavens and the earth that exist now, and they are being kept until the time when he will judge ungodly people. And at that time he will destroy the heavens and the earth by burning them.

The Day of the Lord

(Zephaniah 1:7–18; Malachi 4:1–6; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11)

Dear friends, I want you to understand well that Lord God is willing to wait a long time to judge the people in the world! How much time passes before Lord God judges the people in the world does not matter to him! He considers that one day passes no more quickly than a thousand years, and he also considers that a thousand years pass as quickly as one day passes to us!

Therefore, you should not think that because Messiah has not yet come back to judge people, Lord God is delaying what he promised. Some people think that this is so, and they say that Messiah never will come back. But you should understand that the reason why Messiah has not yet come back to judge people is that God is being patient toward you, because he does not want anyone to be lost eternally. Instead, he wants everyone to turn away from their sinful behavior.

But the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly. He will come like a thief comes, without warning. At that time there will be a great roaring sound. The heavens will cease to exist. The elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it that anyone has ever done will be revealed to God for him to judge.

Because God will certainly destroy all these things like I just said, you certainly know how you should behave. You should behave in a way that honors God,

while you eagerly wait for Messiah to return on the day that God has appointed, and you should try to make that day come soon. Because of what God will do on that day, the heavens will perish. The elements will melt and burn up.

Although all those events will happen, we rejoice because we are waiting for the new heavens and new earth that God has promised. The only people who will be in the new heavens and on this new earth will be people who are righteous.

Final Exhortations

Therefore, dear friends, because you are waiting for these things to happen, do all that you can to conduct your lives in a way that honors God, in order that Messiah may see that you do not sin and that you are living peacefully with each other.

And think about this: Our Lord Jesus Christ is patient because he wants to save people. Our dear brother Paul also wrote wise words to you about these same matters, because God enabled him to understand these events.

In the letters that Paul wrote there are certain things that are difficult for people to understand. People who know nothing about God and who speak at random interpret these things wrongly, as they also interpret the other parts of the scriptures wrongly. The result is that they will lead God to punish them.

Therefore, dear friends, since you already know about these false teachers, guard against them. Do not let these wicked people deceive you by telling you things that are wrong. Do not let them persuade you to doubt what you now firmly believe.

Instead, live in such a manner that you experience more and more our Savior Jesus Christ acting kindly toward you, and that you get to know him better and better. I pray that everyone will honor Jesus Christ both now and forever! May this truly be so!

Gottes Verheißung ist nicht lasch

(1. Mose 7,1-24; Judas 1,17-23)

Sehet, Geliebte! dies ist bereits der zweite Brief, den ich euch schreibe, um durch Ermahnungen euern lauteren Sinn zu wecken,

auf dass ihr gedenket an die Worte, die ich aus den heiligen Propheten vorher erwähnt habe, und an die von euern Aposteln mitgeteilten Gebote des Herrn und Heilandes.

Vor allem wisset, dass am Ende der Tage Spötter mit Trug kommen werden, welche nach ihren eigenen Lüsten wandeln,

und sagen: “Wo ist die Verheißung, oder seine Wiederkunft? Denn von der Zeit her, wo die Väter entschlafen sind, verbleibt alles so, seitdem die geschaffenen Dinge ihren Anfang genommen!“

Absichtlich nämlich vergessen sie dies, dass der Himmel einst war, und die Erde aus Wasser und durch Wasser kraft des Wortes Gottes sich gestaltet hat,

wodurch auch die damalige Welt, von Wasser überflutet, zu Grunde ging.

der jetzige Himmel aber und die Erde sind durch dasselbe Wort aufbewahrt und dem Feuer vorbehalten auf den Tag des Gerichtes und des Verderbens der gottlosen Menschen.

(Zephanja 1,7-18; Maleachi 4,1-6; 1. Thessalonicher 5,1-11)

Dies eine aber vergesset nicht, Geliebte! Dass ein Tag bei dem Herrn ist wie tausend Jahre, und tausend Jahre wie ein Tag.

Nicht säumt der Herr mit seiner Verheißung, wie einige meinen, sondern er übt Langmut um euretwillen, indem er nicht will, dass jemand verloren gehe, sondern dass sich alle zur Buße wenden.

Der Tag des Herrn

Es wird aber der Tag des Herrn kommen wie ein Dieb; alsdann werden die Himmel mit gewaltigem Krachen vergehen, die Elemente sich in Feuersglut verzehren und die Erde samt ihren Werken auf ihr verbrennen.

Da nun dies alles einst hinschwinden wird, wie sehr sollt ihr euch eines heiligen Wandels und der Gottseligkeit befleißigen,

indem ihr erwartet und entgegeneilt der Ankunft des Tages des Herrn, durch den die Himmel in Feuer aufgehen und die Elemente in Gluthitze vergehen werden.

Einen neuen Himmel aber und eine neue Erde erwarten wir nach seinen Verheißungen, in welchen Gerechtigkeit wohnt.

Sei standhaft

Darum, Geliebte! beeifert euch, in der Erwartung dessen, unbefleckt und untadelig vor ihm erfunden zu werden in Frieden;

und achtet die Langmut unsers Herrn für Heil, so wie auch unser geliebter Bruder Paulus nach der ihm verliehenen Weisheit euch geschrieben hat;

wie auch in allen seinen Briefen, wenn er von diesen Dingen redet, in welchen manches Schwerverständliche vorkommt, was die Unwissenden und Schwankenden ebenso wie die übrigen Schriften zu ihrem eigenen Verderben verdrehen.

Ihr also, Brüder! die ihr dies voraus wisset, seid auf euer Hut, damit ihr euch nicht durch den Irrwahn der Toren mit fortreißen lasset und eures festen Standes verlustig gehet.

Wachset vielmehr in der Gnade und in der Erkenntnis unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesus Christus. Sein ist die Herrlichkeit, wie jetzt, so auf den Tag der Ewigkeit. Amen.