2 Peter 3:9

2 Peter 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Context of 2 Peter 3:9

7By God’s word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed. 8Dear friends, don’t ignore this fact: One day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord isn’t slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn’t want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act. 10The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed. 11All these things will be destroyed in this way. So think of the kind of holy and godly lives you must live

2 Peter 3:9 word by word

οὐ βραδύνει κύριος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ὥς τινες βραδύτητα ἡγοῦνται· ἀλλὰ μακροθυμεῖ εἰς ὑμᾶς μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρῆσαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• isβραδύνωbradunō · to delayG1019
• notοὐou · noG3756
• concerning his promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• some menτιςtis · oneG5100
• countἡγέομαιhēgeomai · to governG2233
• slacknessβραδύτηςbradutēs · slownessG1022
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• is longsufferingμακροθυμέωmakrothumeō · to have patienceG3114
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• us-wardἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• notμήmē · notG3361
• willing thatβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014
• should perishἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• should comeχωρέωchōreō · to make room forG5562
• repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341

Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:9

• Isaiah 46:13I’ll bring my righteousness near; it isn’t far away. My salvation will not be delayed. I’ll provide salvation for Zion and bring my glory to Israel.
• Habakkuk 2:3The vision will still happen at the appointed time. It hurries toward its goal. It won’t be a lie. If it’s delayed, wait for it. It will certainly happen. It won’t be late.
• Luke 18:7Won’t God give his chosen people justice when they cry out to him for help day and night? Is he slow to help them?
• Hebrews 10:37“Yet, the one who is coming will come soon. He will not delay.
• 2 Peter 3:15Think of our Lord’s patience as an opportunity ⌞for us⌟ to be saved. This is what our dear brother Paul wrote to you about, using the wisdom God gave him.
• Exodus 34:6Then he passed in front of Moses, calling out, “The Lord, the Lord, a compassionate and merciful God, patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
• Psalms 86:15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
• Isaiah 30:18The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. The Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Romans 9:22If God wants to demonstrate his anger and reveal his power, he can do it. But can’t he be extremely patient with people who are objects of his anger because they are headed for destruction?
• 1 Timothy 1:16However, I was treated with mercy so that Christ Jesus could use me, the foremost sinner, to demonstrate his patience. This patience serves as an example for those who would believe in him and live forever.
• 1 Peter 3:20They are like those who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah when God waited patiently while Noah built the ship. In this ship a few people—eight in all—were saved by water.
• Exodus 18:23If God commands you, and you do this, you will be able to continue your work, and all these people will have their disagreements settled so that they can go home.”
• Exodus 32:32But will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.”
• Exodus 33:11The Lord would speak to Moses personally, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would come back to the camp, but his assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, stayed inside the tent.
• Romans 2:4Do you have contempt for God, who is very kind to you, puts up with you, and deals patiently with you? Don’t you realize that it is God’s kindness that is trying to lead you to him and change the way you think and act?
• 1 Timothy 2:4He wants all people to be saved and to learn the truth.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The Lord is not slack - They probably in their mocking said, "Either God had made no such promise to judge the world, destroy the earth, and send ungodly men to perdition; or if he had, he had forgotten to fulfill it, or had not convenient time or leisure." To some such mocking the apostle seems to refer: and he immediately shows the reason why deserved punishment is not inflicted on a guilty world. But is long-suffering - It is not slackness, remissness…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise - That is, it should not be inferred because His promise seems to be long delayed that therefore it will fail. When people, after a considerable lapse of time, fail to fulfil their engagements, we infer that it is because they have changed their plans, or because they have forgotten their promises, or because they have no ability to perform them, or because there is a lack of principle which makes them fail…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have scoffed at his threatening an equally terrible judgment. The heavens and the earth which now are, by the same word, it is declared, will be destroyed by fire. This is as sure to come, as the truth and the power of God can make it. Christians are here taught and established in the truth of the coming of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13Peter moves from condemning the false teachers to encouraging the believers. The false teachers doubted that Christ would return, so Peter needed to teach clearly about this truth. Christians must hold onto the message that the apostles taught about the day of judgment. They should live godly lives as they wait for that day.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. slack--slow, tardy, late; exceeding the due time, as though that time were already come. He 10:37, "will not tarry." his promise--which the scoffers cavil at. 2Pe 3:4, "Where is the promise?" It shall be surely fulfilled "according to His promise" (2Pe 3:13). some--the "scoffers." count--His promise to be the result of "slackness" (tardiness). long-suffering--waiting until the full number of those appointed to "salvation" (2Pe 3:15) shall be completed…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:9

• God
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• Jesus Continued
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Asleep
• Death
• Dissolve
• Hard
• Promise
• Wrest
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Longsuffering
• Love

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings