2 Peter 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

Account

Our beloved

Acts 15:25

According

General references

Proverbs 28:23

Bible References

Account

The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people

—were saved through water.

Our beloved

we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,

According

I have filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft

He has filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every kind of craft

I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.

God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

And you, Ezra, according to God’s wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

and declared:

May the name of God
be praised forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to Him.

for I will give you such words

and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

to one is given a message of wisdom
through the Spirit,
to another, a message of knowledge
by the same Spirit,

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.

General references

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.