And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
Revelation 2:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] and refuses to do so. American Standard Version (1901) And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. Common English Bible I gave her time to change her heart and life, but she refuses to change her life of prostitution. Catholic Public Domain Version And I gave her a time, so that she might do penance, but she is not willing to repent from her fornication. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I gave her a time that she might do penance, and she will not repent of her fornication. |
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few #– #that is, eight people , #– #were saved through water.
Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their works.
and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.