2 Peter 3: 8-10

New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

9 The 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.

(2 Peter 3:9)

A Handbook on the Second Letter From Peter 2 Peter 3:9

An alternative translation model for this verse is:

The Lord is not slow in making (causing) what he promised to do happen, as some people think slowness means (is). Instead, he is big-hearted toward you, because he doesn’t want anyone to suffer destruction, but wants all people to turn away from their sins and return to him.

New Living Translation Chapter 3

8 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. 9 The 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. 10 But 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.