JMNT(i)
10 So the day of the Lord [= Yahweh]
will proceed in arriving as a thief [i.e., suddenly and without notice],
in which [
day]
the heavens (or: atmospheres; or: skies)
will proceed passing by with the noise of sudden movement, but yet rudimentary, elementary principles (or: basic component and parts of a system arranged in rows, or a grid; e.g., the elements and assumptions of a religious or intellectual system),
being progressively heated as with a burning fever, will be progressively loosed (unfastened; unbound; or: nullified; destroyed).
And then land (or: soil; ground; earth; or: = a territory) –
along with the things produced (or: actions; deeds; workmanships; accomplishments) [note: God's and/or man's]
within the midst of it – will continue being found (or: discovered; found out) [
p72 adds: being progressively loosed (or: destroyed); A reads: will be burned up]!
11 With all these people thus, then, being presently loosed, one after another (or: being in the process of being progressively unbound; or: with all these things being continuously dissolved in this way),
in what sort of way is it continuously necessary and binding for you folks [other MSS: us; other MSS have no personal pronoun here]
to constantly subsist (or: humbly rule or supportively possess)?
Within set-apart (or: holy; sacred),
upturned modes of behavior and [
lives of]
reverence (devout ease, virtuous conduct and goodness from relationship with God)!
12 –
while constantly being receptive toward and progressively hastening after the presence of God's Day (or: the presence, which is God's day; or: the presence of the day which has the quality and character of God and which is God),
through which heavens (or: skies; atmospheres) –
being continuously on fire –
will be loosed (or: untied)!
And so [
the body of]
elements (rudimentary principles and assumptions; component parts of the system),
now being continuously intensely hot and burning, [
are]
presently being progressively melted down (or: liquefied).
13 Yet we, according to (or: down from and in line with)
the effect and result of His promise, are habitually receptive toward atmospheres (or: continue with an opinion face to face with heavens)
new in kind and quality, and a land (or: soil; ground; earth)
new in kind and quality, within which fairness (equitable dealings; righteousness; justice; living in rightwised relationships which accord with the Way pointed out; or: = covenant participation)
is presently and permanently settled down (continuously dwelling and at home).
14 Wherefore (or: On account of which),
beloved ones, while continually being receptive toward these things, be eager to be found spotless (unblemished)
folks and flawless ones (blameless folks)
in Him (or: [made so] by Him; for Him),
within peace and harmony [= shalom].