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But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. [a] The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness.[b] Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.[c] On that day the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements will melt and disintegrate, and the earth and everything done on it shall be exposed.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 cf. Ps. 90:4.
  2. 2 Peter 3:9 cf. Hab. 2:3.
  3. 2 Peter 3:10 Some mss. add in the night.