11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives


In Context

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

2nd Peter 3:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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