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


In Context

8 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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 be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

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

12 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?

13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

2 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

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 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,