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 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel with (this verse)Romans 9:22
The patience that bears with vessels of wrath is the same forbearance by which the Lord delays judgment, wanting all to come to repentance.
“What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,”
The same thread (this verse)Habakkuk 2:3
The Lord is not slow concerning His promise; His delay is patience, not forgetfulness.
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.”