^{7 Ref} and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

^{8 Ref} And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord `is' as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

^{9 Ref} the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

^{10 Ref} and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

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