2 Peter 3:9

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Cross References

1 Timothy 2:4

who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.

Romans 2:4

Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance?

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth.

Isaiah 30:18

Truly, the Lord is waiting to be gracious to you, truly, he shall rise to show you mercy; For the Lord is a God of justice: happy are all who wait for him!

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her harlotry.

2 Peter 3:15

And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you,

1 Timothy 1:16

But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life.

Hebrews 10:37

“For, after just a brief moment, he who is to come shall come; he shall not delay.

Exodus 34:6

So the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: The Lord, the Lord, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love and fidelity,

Romans 9:22

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

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing on that victory, it is not far off, my salvation shall not tarry; I will put salvation within Zion, give to Israel my glory.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people, too, will go home content.”

1 Peter 3:20

who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.

Exodus 32:32

Now if you would only forgive their sin! But if you will not, then blot me out of the book that you have written.”

Exodus 33:11

The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a person speaks to a friend. Moses would then return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, never left the tent.

Psalm 77:8

“Will the Lord reject us forever, never again show favor?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil—

Ezekiel 33:11

Answer them: As I live—oracle of the Lord God—I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?

Daniel 4:29

You shall be cast out from human society, and shall dwell with wild beasts; you shall be given grass to eat like an ox, and seven years shall pass over you, until you learn that the Most High is sovereign over human kingship and gives it to whom he will.”

Romans 13:11

And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;

Romans 13:12

the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness [and] put on the armor of light;

2 Peter 1:4

Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.