2 Peter 3:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

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    9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

    10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

    11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

    12 Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

    13 But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.

    14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

    15 And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

  • 2 Pet 3:3-7
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    3 Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,

    4 Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

    5 But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

    6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

    7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.

  • Ps 90:4
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    4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

    2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.

    15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

  • Jas 5:7-8
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    7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

    8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37 And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Heb 10:37
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    37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

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    1 But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

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    1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

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    31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

  • Zech 14:7
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    7 And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.

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    25 But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

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    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

  • Hab 2:3
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    3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

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    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

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    9 See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.

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    42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

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    33 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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    4 One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

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