2 Peter 3:13

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But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 65:17 : 17 For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 A New Heaven and a New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.
  • Isa 66:22 : 22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the LORD,“so your descendants and your name will remain.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

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    7But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

    8Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.

    9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

    11Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,

    12while 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 Pet 3:14
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    14Exhortation to the Faithful Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.

  • Isa 65:17
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    17For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

  • Phil 3:20
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    20But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Titus 2:13
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    13as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

  • Rev 21:1-2
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    1A New Heaven and a New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.

    2And I saw the holy city– the new Jerusalem– descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

  • 2 Pet 3:4-5
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    4and saying,“Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”

    5For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

  • 2 Cor 5:1-3
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    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

    2For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

    3if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

  • 1 John 3:2-3
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    2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

    3And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

  • Isa 51:6
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    6Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

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    4that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

  • 2 Cor 4:18
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    18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

  • Rom 8:25
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    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

  • Rom 8:19
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    19For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

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    13Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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    11For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

    12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

  • Heb 12:26-27
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    26Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised,“I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”

    27Now this phrase“once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

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    37For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.

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    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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    29The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

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    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

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    7And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

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    19Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

  • Rev 20:11
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    11The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

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    3Believers’ Salvation and the Work of God I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

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    11But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

  • Isa 66:22
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    22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the LORD,“so your descendants and your name will remain.

  • 2 Cor 3:18
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    18And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

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    13so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

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