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. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing... Signs of the Times: Or, Present, Past, and Future - Page 170by John Cumming - 1855 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| Enoch (the patriarch) - 1836 - 436 pages
...world, but that the world through him might be saved." 2 Peter iii. 9. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." XXXV. Ezekiel xxxiii. 11. " As I live saith the Lord God, I have no... | |
| Edward Murray - Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - 1836 - 432 pages
...world, but that the world through him might be saved." 2 Peter iii. 9. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." XXXV. Ezekiel xxxiii. 11. "As I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure... | |
| Theology - 1836 - 746 pages
...had been "read in the ears of the people," from 2 Pet. iii. 9, that "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." The promise here is of Christ's second coining; and,... | |
| John BROWNE (Curate of Trinity Church, Cheltenham.) - 1836 - 520 pages
...measure the Lord's doings by our ideas of time is vain, and that " the Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any 3 Acts iii. 21. * 2 Pet. iii. 4 should perish, but that all should come to repentance,"4 waiting till... | |
| 1837 - 556 pages
...with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is...long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in... | |
| Robert Barclay - 1837 - 358 pages
...Peter assert negatively, That he willeth not the perishing of any. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Pet. iii. 9. And this is correspondent to that of... | |
| Mennonites - Mennonites - 1837 - 540 pages
...why will ye die, O house of Israel? (Ez. 33-11.) Also saith- Peter, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should gome to repentance. (2 Pet. 3-9.) Moreover, Moses saith, Sec I have set... | |
| Methodist Church - 1837 - 362 pages
...but on opening my Bible, the first words I cast my eyes upon were, " 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." 2 Peter, iii. 9. Such light and conviction attended... | |
| Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 630 pages
...these measures of time are nothing to him, that is Infinite. III. 9. 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. The Lord, who hath promised to come, is not slack in... | |
| Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 624 pages
...Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. III. 9. 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. III. 13. Nevertheless we, according to his promise,... | |
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