2 Peter 3:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Luke 18:7

Hebrews 10:37

But is

But that

Romans 2:4

1 Timothy 2:4

Revelation 2:21

General references

Luke 5:32

Bible References

Is not

And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

For in a little, a very little now, The Coming One will arrive without delay.

But is

And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord means salvation; as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to you out of the wisdom vouchsafed to him,

What if God, though desirous to display his anger and show his might, has tolerated most patiently the objects of his anger, ripe and ready to be destroyed?

I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.

who had disobeyed at the time when God's patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah ??the ark by which only a few souls, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.)

But that

Or are you slighting all his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not know his kindness is meant to make you repent?

to the God who desires all men to be saved and to attain the knowledge of the Truth.

I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual vice.

General references

I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."