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2 Peter 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with…
“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
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The verses around 2 Peter 3:8.
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The 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.
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Verse explanation
Saying that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,” a reference echoing Psalm 90, is the letter’s answer to the delay of Christ’s return: the idea isn’t an exact mathematical equation, but a way of saying that God’s patience operates on a different scale of time than ours.
From the 2 Peter 3 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Peter 3:8 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porém, amados, não ignoreis uma coisa: que um dia para com o Senhor é como mil annos, e mil annos como um dia.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas amados, desta uma coisa não ignoreis: que um dia para o Senhor [é] como mil anos, e mil anos como um dia.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Sin embargo, amigos míos, no olviden esto: Que para el Señor un día es como mil años, y mil años es como un día.
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