2 Peter 3:14 (WEB)

Passage

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:12 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?

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

2 Peter 3:15 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;

2 Peter 3:16 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "beloved", "seeing", "look", "things", "diligent", "found", and "peace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "beloved", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "But according to his promise we look..." into verse 15's "Regard the patience of our Lord as...", so "therefore" and "beloved" 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 "therefore" and "beloved" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.