What men count slackness, is long-suffering, and that to us-ward it is giving more time to hisown people, to advance in knowledge and holiness, and in the exercise of faith and patience, to abound in good works, doing and suffering what they are called to, that they may bring glory to God. How hard is it to form any thoughts of eternity! If men have no knowledge or belief of the eternal God, they will be very apt to think him such as themselves. All things past, present, and future, are ever before him: the delay of a thousand years cannot be so much to him, as putting off any thing for a day or for an hour is to us. Though, in the account of men, there is a vast difference between one day and a thousand years, yet, in the account of God, there is no difference. Christians are here taught and established in the truth of the coming of the Lord. This is as sure to come, as the truth and the power of God can make it. The heavens and the earth which now are, by the same word, it is declared, will be destroyed by fire. That None Should Perish: Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentaryģ:5-10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have scoffed at his threatening an equally terrible judgment. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.Īlso, see the meaning of God Is Within Her in the Bible. NLT The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. NIV The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. NASB The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.2 Peter 3:9 reads, “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.” King James Version (KJV) Translation 2 Peter 3:9 ESV The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 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. The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think.
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