2 Peter 3:9

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2 Peter 3:9

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.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Hebrews 10:37

For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

Psalm 86:15

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.

Romans 2:4

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?

Romans 9:22

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

Exodus 34:6

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing My justice near;
it is not far away,
and My salvation will not delay.
I will put salvation in Zion,
My splendor in Israel.

Luke 18:7-8

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

1 Timothy 1:16

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.

1 Peter 3:20

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.

2 Peter 3:15

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”

Exodus 32:32

Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.”

The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Peter 3:9

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.

Is not

But is

1 Peter 3:20

Not willing

Exodus 18:23

Exodus 32:32

Exodus 33:11

But that

Romans 2:4

1 Timothy 2:4

Revelation 2:21

General references

Psalm 114:4

Luke 5:32

Bible References

Is not

I am bringing My justice near;
it is not far away,
and My salvation will not delay.
I will put salvation in Zion,
My splendor in Israel.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.

But is

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

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.

Not willing

If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”

Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.”

But that

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?

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

General references

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”