Verse 9
2 Peter 3:9
World English Bible, British Edition
9
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but
he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Original Language Text
greek
οὐ βραδύνει ⸀κύριος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ὥς τινες βραδύτητα ἡγοῦνται, ἀλλὰ μακροθυμεῖ εἰς ⸀ὑμᾶς, μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρῆσαι.
English Translation
The Lord is not slow concerning the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
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Chapter 3 Context
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This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in
both of them I stir up yo...
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that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy
prophets and the commandment...
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knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after
their own lusts
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and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that
the fathers fell asleep, all...
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For they wilfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth
formed out of water and a...
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by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water,
perished.
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But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been
stored up for fire, being r...
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8
But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with
the Lord as a thousand years, and a t...
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9
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but
he is patient with us, not...
10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which
the heavens will pass away with...
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11
Therefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what
kind of people ought you to be i...
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12
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God (Elohim), which
will cause the burni...
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13
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth,
in which righteousness dwell...
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14
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be
diligent to be found in peace, without...
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15
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother
Paul also, according to th...
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16
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In
those, there are some things tha...
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17
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest
being carried away with the er...
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Yashua (Jesus) Christ.
To him be the glo...
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