Study it in the app“The Lord is not slow about the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to a change of mind.”
For the Lord a thousand years are like a day; he is not slow, he is patient with youJesus Will ReturnGod is patient: he wants everyone to reach a change of mindTurning back to GodWhat looks like delay is God's patience, so that all may change their mindsWaiting on God
The Lordκύριοςis notοὐslowβραδύνειabout the promise,τῆς ἐπαγγελίαςasὥςsomeτινεςcountἡγοῦνταιslowness,βραδύτηταbutἀλλὰis patientμακροθυμεῖtowardεἰςyou,ὑμᾶςnotμὴwantingβουλόμενόςanyτιναςto perish,ἀπολέσθαιbutἀλλὰallπάνταςto comeχωρῆσαιtoεἰςa change of mind.μετάνοιαν
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appearsdelay
Be slow, delay.
Where else “bradynei” appearspromise
Promise.
Where else “epangelias” appearsconsider
To deem something so.
Where else “hēgountai” appearsslowness
Slowness, delay.
Where else “bradytēta” appearsbe patient
To bear up without anger, wait calmly.
Where else “makrothymei” appearswant, intend
Want firmly, resolve, intend.
Where else “boulomenos” appearsperish
To die, or be cut off from God forever.
Where else “apolesthai” appearsgo forward
To go forward, make progress.
Where else “chōrēsai” appearschange of mind
Change of mind: turning around one's way of thinking and of living to return to God. It is usually translated "repentance".
Where else “metanoian” appearsMany manuscripts read “toward us.”
8But do not let this one thing escape you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
9 · This verse (above)
10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, burning, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be laid bare.
