2 Peter 3:8 KJV — MannaFest

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

YLT

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

DBT

But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with [the] Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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2 Peter — Peter's farewell letter — a warning against false teachers, a defence of Christ's return, and the Lord's patience unwilling that any should perish.

Author: Peter (1:1) — the book identifies itself as his farewell (1:13–15)
Date: Mid-60s AD, shortly before Peter's martyrdom under Nero

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Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Psalms 102:13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

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He is equally blessed in one day and in a thousand years. He can do the work of a thousand years in one day: so in 2Pe 3:9 it is said, "He is not slack," that is, "slow": He has always the power to fulfil His "promise." thousand years as one day--No delay which occurs is long to God: as to a man of countless riches, a thousand guineas are as a single penny.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

He sets forth the use and improvement which Christians ought to make of Christ's second coming, and that dissolution and renovation of things which will accompany that solemn coming of our Lord,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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