But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past or like a watch in the night.
I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.
I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.
This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you