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12 Wait for and speed the coming of the Day of God,[a] on which the heavens will be set ablaze and all the elements will melt because of the intense heat.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Day of God: synonymous with “Day of the Lord.” The idea of a final conflagration, found only here in the New Testament, was common in apocalyptic writings and in Greco-Roman thought.