2 Peter 3:11
“Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Since everything will be dissolved, Peter asks what kind of holy and godly people his readers ought to be.
What Does 2 Peter 3:11 Mean?
Peter turns the coming dissolution into a moral appeal. "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved," he asks, "what manner of persons ought ye to be?" The answer is implied in the question: people marked by "all holy conversation and godliness" — holy conduct in every area of life and reverence toward God.
The certainty that this world is passing away is not cause for despair but a call to holiness. If everything visible is temporary, then the kind of person we become matters far more than anything we accumulate. Peter draws a direct line from prophecy to practice: knowing the end reshapes the present. The believer who truly grasps that all things will dissolve will hold loosely to the world and invest in holiness and godliness, the things that endure. Far from making us passive, the coming of that day should make us more earnest, more pure, more devoted to God. How we live is the fitting response to what is coming.