“For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.
and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?”
I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand.
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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.
He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!