2 Peter 3:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ The 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Common English Bible

⁹ The Lord isn’t slow to keep his promise, as some think of slowness, but he is patient toward you, not wanting anyone to perish but all to change their hearts and lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.

2 Peter 3:9 Cross References

Psalm 77:8

Has his steadfast love for ever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”

Exodus 32:32

But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”

Exodus 33:11

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tent.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Daniel 4:29

At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

Habakkuk 2:3

For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Romans 13:11

Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;

Romans 13:12

the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;

Romans 2:4

Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction,

1 Timothy 1:16

but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Hebrews 10:37

“For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;

1 Peter 3:20

who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.

2 Peter 1:4

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

2 Peter 3:15

And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.