Advent Season · Second Sunday of Advent · Year B
2 Peter 3:8-14
The Day of the Lord
December 6, 2026
Overview & Insights
“The day of the Lord will come like a thief… we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth.” (2 Peter 3:10, 13)
After his lengthy tirade against the false teachers and their perverted life-style so dangerous to the well being of his readers, Peter turns—one senses, with warm relief—to address his dear friends directly. He now reverts to his opening exhortation to them to foster their spiritual life (1:5–8).
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Commentary
Commentary on 2 Peter 3:8-15a Working Preacher
Shows the cosmic language serving themes of repentance, judgment, and holiness rather than cosmology.
2 Peter 3:8-15a Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on waiting, patience, and the day of the Lord.
Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Peter Chapter 3 Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse treatment of scoffers and the promise of the Lord's coming.
BibleHub Commentaries on 2 Peter 3 BibleHub
Classic commentators on a thousand years as a day and the delay of the parousia.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: 2 Peter (Book Overview) Enter the Bible
Background on the letter's authorship debate, audience, and eschatological concerns.
BibleProject: Book of 2 Peter Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the literary flow and argument of 2 Peter.
2 Peter 3:8 Greek Interlinear BibleHub
Word by word Greek of the day of the Lord passage with parsing and Strong's numbers.
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Questions preachers ask
What does Peter promise?
Scoffers doubt Christ’s coming, but the Lord is patient, not slow; the day of the Lord will come suddenly, and we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells (2 Peter 3:3–14).
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