2 Peter

2 Peter 3:12

¹²as 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.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
as you anticipate	προσδοκῶντας	prosdokōntas	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4328 I expect, await
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
hasten	σπεύδοντας	speudontas	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4692 I hasten, desire earnestly
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
coming	παρουσίαν	parousian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3952 presence, a coming, arrival, advent
of the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
day	ἡμέρας	hēmeras	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G2250 a day
of God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
when	ἣν	hēn	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
heavens	οὐρανοὶ	ouranoi	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3772 the sky, the heaven
will be destroyed	λυθήσονται	lythēsontai	Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G3089 I loose, untie, release, destroy
by fire	πυρούμενοι	pyroumenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G4448 I burn, am purified by fire
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
elements	στοιχεῖα	stoicheia	Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural	G4747 a heavenly body, an element
will melt	τήκεται	tēketai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G5080 I make liquid, melt
in the heat	καυσούμενα	kausoumena	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural	G2741 I burn up

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Peter 3:10 · Isaiah 34:4 · Micah 1:4 · Titus 2:13 · Isaiah 64:1–12 · 2 Peter 3:7 · 1 Corinthians 1:7–8 · Psalm 50:3 · Revelation 6:13–14 · Isaiah 2:1–22 · Jude 1:21 · Philippians 1:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.