2 Peter · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Amados, ésta es la segunda epístola que les escribo. En ambas les recuerdo que despierten su sincero entendimiento,
1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you
2 para que se acuerden de las palabras que fueron predichas por los santos profetas, y del Mandamiento del Señor y Salvador [proclamado] por sus apóstoles.
2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
3 Sepan primero que en los últimos días aparecerán burladores que seguirán sus deseos apasionados,
3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts
4 y dirán: ¿Dónde está la promesa de su venida? Porque desde cuando los antepasados durmieron, todas las cosas permanecen como desde [el] principio de [la] creación.
4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
5 Porque voluntariamente ignoran que [los ]cielos y la tierra, la cual proviene del agua y subsiste por medio de agua, en el tiempo antiguo fueron hechos por la Palabra de Dios.
5 For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
6 Por lo cual el mundo de entonces pereció inundado por agua.
6 by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
7 Los cielos y la tierra de ahora están reservados para [el ]fuego por la misma Palabra, guardados para [el ]día del juicio y de la destrucción de los hombres impíos.
7 But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8 Amados, no ignoren ustedes que para [el] Señor un día es como 1.000 años, y 1.000 años como un día.
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 [El] Señor no retarda lo que prometió, como algunos lo tienen por tardanza, sino es longánime hacia ustedes. No quiere que algunos se pierdan, sino que todos cambien de mente.
9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 Pero [el] día del Señor vendrá como ladrón, en el cual los cielos desaparecerán con un gran estruendo, los elementos serán destruidos con el intenso calor, y [la] tierra y las obras [que hay] en ella serán quemadas.
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 Puesto que todas estas cosas serán destruidas, ¿qué clase de personas debemos ser en conducta santa y manera piadosa de vivir?
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 Esperamos y anhelamos intensamente la venida del día de Dios en el cual los cielos serán derretidos al ser incendiados, y [los] elementos serán fundidos con intenso calor.
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 Pero, según su promesa, esperamos nuevos cielos y nueva tierra en los cuales mora [la ]justicia.
13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
14 Por lo cual, amados, mientras esperan estas cosas, procuren ser hallados por Él en paz, irreprensibles y sin mancha.
14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
15 Consideren que la longanimidad de nuestro Señor es para salvación, como nuestro amado hermano Pablo les escribió, según la sabiduría que le fue dada.
15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,
16 En todas [sus] epístolas habla acerca de estas mismas cosas. Entre ellas hay algunas difíciles de entender. Los ignorantes e inestables las tuercen, como también [tuercen] las otras Escrituras para su propia destrucción.
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Por tanto, ustedes amados, puesto que saben con anticipación, guárdense, no sea que después de ser arrastrados por el error de los inicuos, caigan de su propia firmeza.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
18 Crezcan en gracia y conocimiento de nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo. A Él sea la gloria tanto ahora como en [el] día de [la] eternidad.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Timothy 1:6; 2 Peter 1:12–15; 1 Peter 1:1–2; Matthew 5:8; Psalm 73:1
- 2 Jude 17; Luke 1:70; 2 Peter 2:21; Luke 24:44; 2 Peter 1:19–21
- 3 Jude 18; 1 Timothy 4:1–2; 2 Peter 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Jude 16
- 4 Jeremiah 17:15; Malachi 2:17; Jeremiah 5:12–13; Luke 12:45; Isaiah 5:18–19
- 5 Hebrews 11:3; Psalm 24:2; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:6; Psalm 136:6
- 6 Matthew 24:38–39; 2 Peter 2:5; Luke 17:27; Genesis 7:10–23; Job 12:15
- 7 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 51:6; 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 21:1; Matthew 24:35
- 8 Psalm 90:4
- 9 1 Timothy 2:4; Romans 2:4; Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 86:15; Isaiah 30:18
- 10 Revelation 21:1; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:7; Revelation 16:15; Isaiah 51:6
- 11 1 Peter 1:15; Philippians 1:27; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Peter 3:12
- 12 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 34:4; Micah 1:4; Titus 2:13; Psalm 50:3
- 13 Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:1; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:27; Isaiah 60:21
- 14 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Philippians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John 3:3
- 15 Romans 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20; James 3:17
- 16 Matthew 15:6; Hebrews 5:11; James 1:8; 2 Peter 2:14; Philippians 3:19
- 17 Hebrews 3:14; Colossians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 18 Colossians 1:10; Ephesians 4:15; 1 Peter 2:2; Colossians 3:10; Philippians 3:8
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And there are some, again, who relegate the death of Adam to the thousandth year; for since "a day of the Lord is as a thousand years," he did not overstep the thousand years, but died within them, thus bearing out the sentence of his sin.
… and was on account of his great sin dismissed from the blessedness of paradise into the woes of this mortal life, so that thus, as it is written, "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day," there should follow on the completion of six thousand years, as of six days, a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year.
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." There is nothing said here about the resurrection of the dead, but enough certainly regarding the destruction of this world.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… it is sufficiently obvious what part of the world is signified by the whole, and in what sense the word perished is to be taken, and what heavens were kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. And when he says a little afterwards, "The day of the Lord will come as …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)