2 Peter 3:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.
  • Hab 2:3 : 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.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
  • Heb 10:37 : 37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.
  • Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it? 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 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;
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Rev 2:21 : 21 And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
  • Exod 18:23 : 23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.

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  • 2 Pet 3:6-8
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    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.

    8 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.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-15
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    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;

  • Rom 2:4-5
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    4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

    5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

  • Heb 10:36-37
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    36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

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

  • 2 Pet 3:2-4
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    2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

    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.

  • Acts 17:30
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    30 Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:

  • Acts 3:19
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    19 So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

  • 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.

  • Jonah 3:9
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    9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

  • 1 Tim 2:4
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    4 Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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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:

    9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

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    9 For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Num 14:18
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  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20 Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

    12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

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    22 What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

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    18 For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

  • 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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    7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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    3 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.

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    3 The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

  • Jas 1:19
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    19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

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    10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

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    13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.

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

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    11 For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

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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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    4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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    22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.

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    8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

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    21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    1 Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.