2 Peter 3:4 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:2 that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:

2 Peter 3:3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

2 Peter 3:4 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.

2 Peter 3:5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

2 Peter 3:6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "saying", "where", "promise", "coming", "fathers", "fell", and "asleep". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "knowing this first that in the last..." into verse 5's "For this they willfully forget that there...", so "all things" and "saying" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.