2 Peter 3:11 (YLT)

Passage

All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

2 Peter 3:10 and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

2 Peter 3:11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

2 Peter 3:12 waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

2 Peter 3:13 and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dissolved", "kind", "persons", "doth", "behove", "holy", "behaviours", and "pious". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dissolved" and "kind", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "and it will come--the day of the..." into verse 12's "waiting for and hasting to the presence...", so "dissolved" and "kind" 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 "dissolved" and "kind" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.