2 Peter 3:12 (YLT)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

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;

2 Peter 3:14 wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "waiting", "hasting", "presence", "heavens", "fire", "shall", "dissolved", and "elements". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "waiting" and "hasting", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "All these then being dissolved what kind..." into verse 13's "and for new heavens and a new...", so "waiting" and "hasting" 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 "waiting" and "hasting" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.