2 Peter 3:10

As a thief in the night] cp. 1 Thessalonians 5:2. RV 'as a thief': cp. Matthew 24:43. All through this passage the Apostle has in mind the prophecy of our Lord which is recorded in that chapter The elements] the parts into which we might, roughly speaking, divide the world, e.g. earth, sea, sky. But the heavenly bodies (RM) may be meant. The works that are therein] i.e. the processes of nature. Hence the expression, 'shall be discovered' (RM), is quite appropriate: cp. 1 Peter 1:7.