⁶ Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, ^(A)compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and ^[a]truth;

²² And ^[a]what if God, wanting to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much ^(A)patience vessels of wrath ^(B)having been prepared for destruction,

¹⁶ Yet for this reason I ^(A)was shown mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Christ Jesus might ^(B)demonstrate all His patience as an example for those ^[a]who are going to believe upon Him for eternal life.

²⁰ who once were disobedient, when the ^(A)patience of God ^(B)kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of ^(C)the ark, in which a few, that is, ^(D)eight ^(E)persons, were brought safely through the ^[a]water.

^9 (A)The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some consider slowness, but ^(B)is patient toward you, ^(C)not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

¹⁵ and consider the ^(A)patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also ^(B)our beloved brother Paul, ^(C)according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,