2 Peter 3:8

2 Peter 3:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• New International Version (NIV)But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Context of 2 Peter 3:8

6Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed. But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 10But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.

2 Peter 3:8 word by word

Ἓν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• belovedἀγαπητόςagapētos · belovedG27
• beλανθάνωlanthanō · be hiddenG2990
• ·σύsu · youG4771
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• one thingεἷςheis · oneG1520
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a thousandχίλιοιchilioi · thousandG5507
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• andκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:8

• Romans 11:25I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.
• 1 Corinthians 12:1Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us. I don’t want you to misunderstand this.
• Psalms 90:4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Be not ignorant - Though they are wilfully ignorant, neglect not ye the means of instruction. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years - That is: All time is as nothing before him, because in the presence as in the nature of God all is eternity; therefore nothing is long, nothing short, before him; no lapse of ages impairs his purposes, nor need he wait to find convenience to execute those purposes. And when the longest period of time has passed by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years - This 2 Peter 3:8-9 is the second consideration by which the apostle meets the objection of scoffers against the doctrine of the second coming of the Saviour. The objection was, that much time, and perhaps the time which had been supposed to be set for his coming, had passed away, and still all things remained as they were. The reply of the apostle is, that…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. 8Peter refers to Psalm 90:4. God works according to his own sense of time, and he will send his Son when the time is right.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. be not ignorant--as those scoffers are (2Pe 3:5). Besides the refutation of them (2Pe 3:5-7) drawn from the history of the deluge, here he adds another (addressed more to believers than to the mockers): God's delay in fulfilling His promise is not, like men's delays, owing to inability or fickleness in keeping His word, but through "long-suffering." this one thing--as the consideration of chief importance (Lu 10:42). one day ... thousand years--(Psa…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:8

• Day
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Time
• Year

In the dictionaries

• Asleep
• Dissolve
• Hard
• Promise
• Wrest
• Day
• Forget; Forgetful
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic

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