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The Lord is not being slow about[a] the promise as some regard slowness, but He is being patient toward you, not wishing[b] any to perish, but all to make-room[c] for repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief— during which the heavens will pass-away with-a-roar, and the elements will be destroyed while burning, and the earth and the works in it will be found[d]. 11 All these things thus being destroyed, what-kind-of people ought you to be in holy behaviors and acts of godliness,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 about the promise. Or, The Lord of the promise is not being slow.
  2. 2 Peter 3:9 Or, wanting, willing.
  3. 2 Peter 3:9 Or, give-way for, have room for, go forward to, come to.
  4. 2 Peter 3:10 Or, discovered, found out. Some manuscripts say ‘will be burned up’.

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