But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, how that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;