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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: For the Lord, one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow to do what he promised, as some consider slowness. Instead, he is patient for your sakes,[a] not wanting anyone to perish, but all to come to repentance.

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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.[b] On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, the elements will be dissolved as they burn with great heat, and the earth and what was done on it will be burned up.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 Some witnesses to the text read with you; other witnesses read with us.
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 A few witnesses to the text add in the night.
  3. 2 Peter 3:10 Some witnesses to the text read will be exposed.