8. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.
9. The Lord is not slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be lost. He wants everyone to change his heart and life.
10. But the day the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief. The skies will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in the skies will be destroyed by fire. And the earth and everything in it will be exposed.
11. In that way everything will be destroyed. So what kind of people should you be? You should live holy lives and serve God.
12. You should wait for the day of God and look forward to its coming. When that day comes, the skies will be destroyed with fire, and everything in the skies will melt with heat.
13. But God made a promise to us. And we are waiting for what he promised—a new heaven and a new earth where goodness lives.