2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness, but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

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In The King James Version

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In Context

8But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.

10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

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Cross References

Luke 18:7If even he ultimately rendered a just decision, will not God patiently listen to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night, and give them justice?

Romans 9:22What if God, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:9

Conception of Eternity. ( a. d. 67.) 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The apostle comes in these words to instruct and establish Christians in the truth of the coming of the Lord, where we may clearly discern the tenderness and affection wherewith he speaks to them, calling them beloved; he had a compassionate concern and a love of good-will for the ungodly wretches who refused to believe divine revelation, but he… Read the whole commentary →

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