2 Peter 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

    11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness,

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    13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

    14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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