2 Peter 3:9

Good News Translation

The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.

Cross References

Psalm 77:8

Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out, and all these people can go home with their disputes settled.”

Exodus 32:32

Please forgive their sin; but if you won't, then remove my name from the book in which you have written the names of your people.”

Exodus 33:11

The Lord would speak with Moses face-to-face, just as someone speaks with a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord then passed in front of him and called out, “I, the Lord, am a God who is full of compassion and pity, who is not easily angered and who shows great love and faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

Isaiah 30:18

And yet the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the Lord.

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing the day of victory near— it is not far away at all. My triumph will not be delayed. I will save Jerusalem and bring honor to Israel there.”

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I do not enjoy seeing sinners die. I would rather see them stop sinning and live. Israel, stop the evil you are doing. Why do you want to die?

Daniel 4:29

Only twelve months later, while he was walking around on the roof of his royal palace in Babylon,

Habakkuk 2:3

Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.

Romans 13:11

You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed.

Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light.

Romans 2:4

Or perhaps you despise his great kindness, tolerance, and patience. Surely you know that God is kind, because he is trying to lead you to repent.

Romans 9:22

And the same is true of what God has done. He wanted to show his anger and to make his power known. But he was very patient in enduring those who were the objects of his anger, who were doomed to destruction.

1 Timothy 1:16

but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those who would later believe in him and receive eternal life.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth.

Hebrews 10:37

For, as the scripture says, “Just a little while longer, and he who is coming will come; he will not delay.

1 Peter 3:20

These were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat. The few people in the boat—eight in all—were saved by the water,

2 Peter 1:4

In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.

2 Peter 3:15

Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent of her sins, but she does not want to turn from her immorality.