Verse 9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
  • Heb 10:37 : 37 For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
  • Luke 18:7-8 : 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • Rev 2:21 : 21 I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,
  • Exod 18:23 : 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if you will forgive their sin…, but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written.”
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.