(A)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (B)is longsuffering toward [a]us, (C)not willing that any should perish but (D)that all should come to repentance.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:9 NU you

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(A) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(B) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(C)

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(A)who desires all men to be saved (B)and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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who wants(A) all people(B) to be saved(C) and to come to a knowledge of the truth.(D)

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Or do you despise (A)the riches of His goodness, (B)forbearance, and (C)longsuffering, (D)not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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Or do you show contempt for the riches(A) of his kindness,(B) forbearance(C) and patience,(D) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(E)

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For (A)the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will (B)not lie.
Though it tarries, (C)wait for it;
Because it will (D)surely come,
It will not tarry.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

15 But (A)You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

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15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious(A) God,
    slow to anger,(B) abounding(C) in love and faithfulness.(D)

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God Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be (A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(B)Blessed are all those who (C)wait for Him.

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18 Yet the Lord longs(A) to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.(B)
For the Lord is a God of justice.(C)
    Blessed are all who wait for him!(D)

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21 And I gave her time (A)to [a]repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

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  1. Revelation 2:21 NU, M repent, and she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

21 I have given her time(A) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(B)

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15 and consider that (A)the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,

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15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(A) means salvation,(B) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(C)

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16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

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16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy(A) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience(B) as an example for those who would believe(C) in him and receive eternal life.(D)

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And (A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you (B)that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man(B) comes,(C) will he find faith on the earth?”

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And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (B)goodness and (C)truth,

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And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D)

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37 “For (A)yet a little while,
And (B)He[a] who is coming will come and will not [b]tarry.

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  1. Hebrews 10:37 Or that which
  2. Hebrews 10:37 delay

37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(A) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3

22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (A)the vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction,

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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