'Long' in the Bible

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;