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This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— <a href="/esv/2_peter/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, <a href="/bsb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And esteem the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom having been given to him, <a href="/kjv/2_peter/3.htm">King James Bible</a> And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/3.htm">New King James Version</a> and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, <a href="/nasb/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and regard the patience of our Lord to be salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, <a href="/lsb/2_peter/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, <a href="/amp/2_peter/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And consider the patience of our Lord [His delay in judging and avenging wrongs] as salvation [that is, allowing time for more to be saved]; just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him [by God], <a href="/csb/2_peter/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. <a href="/asv/2_peter/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; <a href="/cev/2_peter/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't forget that the Lord is patient because he wants people to be saved. This is also what our dear friend Paul said when he wrote you with the wisdom God had given him. <a href="/erv/2_peter/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; <a href="/gwt/2_peter/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Think of our Lord's patience as an opportunity [for us] to be saved. This is what our dear brother Paul wrote to you about, using the wisdom God gave him. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him. <a href="/isv/2_peter/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Think of our Lord's patience as facilitating salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him. <a href="/msb/2_peter/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Consider also that our Lord?s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. <a href="/net/2_peter/3.htm">NET Bible</a> And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, <a href="/nheb/2_peter/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; <a href="/wbt/2_peter/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written to you; <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him. <a href="/web/2_peter/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and count the long-suffering of our Lord [as] salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul—according to the wisdom given to him—wrote to you, <a href="/blb/2_peter/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And esteem the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom having been given to him, <a href="/ylt/2_peter/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you, <a href="/slt/2_peter/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the longsuffering of our Lord deem ye salvation; as also our dearly beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation; as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And let the longsuffering of our Lord be considered salvation, as also our most beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, <a href="/nabre/2_peter/3.htm">New American Bible</a> And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And consider that the long suffering of the LORD is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And you shall consider that the patience of THE LORD JEHOVAH is salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and count the long-suffering of our Lord, salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you; <a href="/godbey/2_peter/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and consider the longsuffering of the Lord's salvation; as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom which was given unto him has written unto you; <a href="/haweis/2_peter/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And account the long suffering of our Lord conducive to salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written unto you; <a href="/mace/2_peter/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> that the patience of our Lord is for your advantage: as our dear brother Paul, according to the information he receiv'd, has writ to you, <a href="/wey/2_peter/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you; <a href="/worsley/2_peter/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and account the long-suffering of our Lord salvation, as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written unto you; <a href="/parallel/2_peter/3-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=622" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/3.htm">Final Exhortations</a> 14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight. 15<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2233.htm" title="2233: hēgeisthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. ">Consider also that</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3115.htm" title="3115: makrothymian (N-AFS) -- Patience, forbearance, longsuffering. From the same as makrothumos; longanimity, i.e. forbearance or fortitude.">patience</a> <a href="/greek/4991.htm" title="4991: sōtērian (N-AFS) -- Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety.">brings salvation,</a> <a href="/greek/2531.htm" title="2531: kathōs (Adv) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">just as</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/27.htm" title="27: agapētos (Adj-NMS) -- From agapao; beloved.">beloved</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphos (N-NMS) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">brother</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3972.htm" title="3972: Paulos (N-NMS) -- Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.">Paul</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">also</a> <a href="/greek/1125.htm" title="1125: egrapsen (V-AIA-3S) -- A primary verb; to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe.">wrote</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">with</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4678.htm" title="4678: sophian (N-AFS) -- Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.">wisdom</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dotheisan (V-APP-AFS) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">God gave him.</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> 16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a> What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? <a href="/1_timothy/1-16.htm">1 Timothy 1:16</a> But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life. <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm">1 Corinthians 1:7-8</a> Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. / He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a> being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. <a href="/hebrews/10-36.htm">Hebrews 10:36-37</a> You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. / For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. <a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7-8</a> Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. <a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21</a> Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. <a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Isaiah 30:18</a> Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Ezekiel 18:23</a> Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a> So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you;account.<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> 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.<a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?<a href="/1_timothy/1-16.htm">1 Timothy 1:16</a> Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.our beloved.<a href="/acts/15-25.htm">Acts 15:25</a> It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,according.<a href="/exodus/31-3.htm">Exodus 31:3,6</a> And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, … <a href="/exodus/35-31.htm">Exodus 35:31,35</a> And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; … <a href="/1_kings/3-12.htm">1 Kings 3:12,28</a> Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Account</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm">Always</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Count</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-2.htm">Forbearance</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-11.htm">Granted</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm">Letters</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Longsuffering</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">Means</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-6.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Patient</a> <a href="/philemon/1-19.htm">Paul</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">Virtue</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">Write</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">Written</a> <a href="/philemon/1-21.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_john/2-12.htm">Account</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">Always</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Count</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-15.htm">Forbearance</a> <a href="/jude/1-2.htm">Granted</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Letters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Longsuffering</a> <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">Means</a> <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/revelation/1-9.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/revelation/1-9.htm">Patient</a> <a href="/acts/13-9.htm">Paul</a> <a href="/revelation/5-3.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/jude/1-3.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/ruth/3-11.htm">Virtue</a> <a href="/jude/1-21.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/revelation/5-12.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/1_john/1-4.htm">Write</a> <a href="/1_john/2-13.htm">Written</a> <a href="/2_john/1-5.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 3</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">He assures them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment;</a> 8. <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">warning the godly, for the long patience of God, to hasten their repentance.</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">He describes also the manner how the world shall be destroyed;</a> 11. <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">exhorting them to all holiness of life;</a> 16. <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">and again to think the patience of God to tend to their salvation, as Paul wrote to them in his epistles.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is the delay of the Second Coming, which some early Christians misunderstood as a sign of God's indifference or nonexistence. However, this delay is portrayed as God's merciful patience, allowing more time for repentance and salvation. This aligns with <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>, which states that God is patient, not wanting anyone to perish. The concept of divine patience is also seen in the Old Testament, such as in the story of Noah (Genesis 6-9), where God waited patiently while the ark was being built. This patience is a reflection of God's character, as seen in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a>, where God is described as "slow to anger."just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you This phrase acknowledges the apostle Paul as a fellow worker in the faith and highlights the unity among the apostles. It suggests that Peter's audience was familiar with Paul's writings, indicating an early circulation of Pauline letters among the churches. This reference to Paul also underscores the consistency of the apostolic message. The term "beloved brother" reflects the close relationship and mutual respect between Peter and Paul, despite their earlier disagreements (<a href="/galatians/2-11.htm">Galatians 2:11-14</a>). This unity is crucial for the early church's witness and doctrinal integrity.with the wisdom God gave him This phrase attributes Paul's insights and teachings to divine wisdom, affirming the inspiration of his writings. It suggests that Paul's letters are not merely human opinions but are guided by the Holy Spirit. This aligns with <a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16</a>, which states that all Scripture is God-breathed. The wisdom given to Paul is evident in his deep theological insights, such as the doctrine of justification by faith (<a href="/romans/3-21.htm">Romans 3:21-26</a>) and the mystery of the church as the body of Christ (<a href="/ephesians/3.htm">Ephesians 3:1-6</a>). This divine wisdom is a gift, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">1 Corinthians 2:6-16</a>, where Paul speaks of the wisdom revealed by the Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing the early Christian communities and encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> Referred to as "our beloved brother," Paul is another apostle whose writings are acknowledged by Peter as divinely inspired and wise. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a> Refers to Jesus Christ, whose patience is highlighted as a means of bringing salvation to humanity. 4. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who are being reminded of the importance of understanding God's patience and the teachings of Paul. 5. <a href="/topical/s/salvation.htm">Salvation</a> The ultimate goal and gift of God's patience, emphasizing the opportunity for repentance and faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_patience.htm">Understanding God's Patience</a> God's patience is not a sign of delay or indifference but a deliberate opportunity for more people to come to repentance and salvation. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_apostolic_teaching.htm">The Role of Apostolic Teaching</a> The acknowledgment of Paul's writings by Peter underscores the unity and consistency of apostolic teaching, which is foundational for Christian doctrine. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_expectation.htm">Living in Expectation</a> Believers are called to live in a state of readiness and expectation, understanding that God's patience is an opportunity for growth and evangelism. <a href="/topical/w/wisdom_from_god.htm">Wisdom from God</a> The wisdom given to Paul, as mentioned by Peter, is a reminder that true wisdom comes from God and is essential for understanding His purposes. <a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_faith.htm">Encouragement in Faith</a> The early Christians, and by extension modern believers, are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith, knowing that God's timing is perfect and purposeful.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 3</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_muratorian_canon.htm">What is the Muratorian Canon?</a> <a href="/q/what_constitutes_the_holy_scriptures.htm">What constitutes the Holy Scriptures?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_prima_scriptura_mean.htm">What does Prima Scriptura mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_god_desire.htm">What does God desire?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) The longsuffering of our Lord.--Again, as in <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm" title="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.">2Peter 3:9</a>, we are in doubt as to whether God the Father or the Lord Jesus is meant. In neither case is absolute certainty obtainable; but here the balance seems decidedly in favour of the latter meaning. In <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm" title="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.">2Peter 3:8</a> "the Lord" certainly means God, and not the Lord Jesus (comp. <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm" title="The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:">2Peter 2:9</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-11.htm" title="Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.">2Peter 2:11</a>). In <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm" title="But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.">2Peter 3:18</a> "our Lord" is expressly stated to be Jesus Christ. The two intermediate <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm" title="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.">2Peter 3:9</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-15.htm" title="And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you;">2Peter 3:15</a>, are open to dispute. The fact that "our" appears in this verse before "Lord," as in <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm" title="But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.">2Peter 3:18</a>, inclines the balance here towards the meaning in <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm" title="But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.">2Peter 3:18</a>. Moreover, had God been meant, it would have sufficed to say, "and account that His long-suffering is salvation." If this is correct, and "our Lord" means Jesus Christ, "then throughout this weighty passage the Lord Jesus is invested with the full attributes of Deity." Here, possibly, as also in <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm" title="Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:">2Peter 1:1</a> (see Note), the expression points to the writer's entire belief in the unity of the two Persons. Account the longsuffering of our Lord salvation instead of accounting it to be "slackness" (<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm" title="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.">2Peter 3:9</a>); make use of it for working out your own salvation in fear and trembling, instead of criticising it. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation. The apostle is referring to verse 9. Scoffers count the delay of the judgment slackness; the Christian should count it salvation; it is for the salvation of the elect that the judgment tarrieth. It is almost certain that by "our Lord" here St. Peter means the Lord Jesus, whom he describes by the same title in verse 18. Even as our beloved brother Paul also. The plural pronoun may be intended to imply that St. Paul was known to the Churches to which St. Peter was writing, and was beloved there. St. Peter addresses his readers as "beloved" four times in this Epistle; he here uses the same epithet of St. Paul. It comes naturally from his lips; but a writer of the second century would probably have used much stronger words of praise in speaking of one so much reverenced. According to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; rather, wrote to you (comp. Polycarp, 'Ad Philipp.,' 1:3, "One like me cannot equal the wisdom of the blessed Paul"). That wisdom was given mite him, as he himself says (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-10.htm">1 Corinthians 3:10</a>). If we ask to what Epistles of St. Paul is St. Peter referring, the passage which at once occurs to us is <a href="/1_thessalonians/4.htm">1 Thessalonians 4</a> and 5. This Epistle was probably known to St. Peter; there may be a reference to <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2</a> in verse 10 of this chapter; and Silvanus, whose name St. Paul associates with his own in both Epistles to the Thessalonians, was with St. Peter when he wrote his First Epistle (<a href="/1_peter/5-12.htm">1 Peter 5:12</a>). But St. Peter's Second Epistle is addressed (primarily at least) to the same Churches to which the first was written (chapter 3:1). We must therefore either say, with Dean Alford, that "our Epistle belongs to a date when the Pauline Epistles were no longer the property only of the Churches to which they were written, but were dispersed through, and considered to belong to, the whole Christian Church;" or we must suppose that the passages in St. Peter's thoughts were not in the Epistle to the Thessalonians, but in some of the Epistles addressed to the Churches of Asia Minor; as, for instance, <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8</a>; <a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Ephesians 3:9-11</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Colossians 1:22</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4, 24</a>; or, possibly <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> and Romans 9:22, as there seem to be some reasons for believing that this last Epistle was addressed to the Church at Ephesus among others. <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/3-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Consider also that ἡγεῖσθε (hēgeisthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Lord’s Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. patience μακροθυμίαν (makrothymian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3115.htm">Strong's 3115: </a> Patience, forbearance, longsuffering. From the same as makrothumos; longanimity, i.e. forbearance or fortitude. [brings] salvation, σωτηρίαν (sōtērian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4991.htm">Strong's 4991: </a> Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety. just as καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. beloved ἀγαπητὸς (agapētos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_27.htm">Strong's 27: </a> From agapao; beloved. brother ἀδελφὸς (adelphos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_80.htm">Strong's 80: </a> A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. Paul Παῦλος (Paulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3972.htm">Strong's 3972: </a> Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle. also καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. wrote ἔγραψεν (egrapsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1125.htm">Strong's 1125: </a> A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. with κατὰ (kata) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. wisdom σοφίαν (sophian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4678.htm">Strong's 4678: </a> Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom. [God] gave him. δοθεῖσαν (dotheisan) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. 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