2 Peter 3:8
But you, dear friends, must not overlook this one thing: in the Lord's sight a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a single day.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites 2 Pet. iii. 8
…in Thy sight," eternal God, "is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." (2 Pet. iii. 8.) In that world time shall be no more.—But short as our life is here, and endless as it…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
What About Dinosaurs and the Age of the Earth? cites 2 Peter 3:8
…“With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day” (2 Peter 3:8). Some think each “day” stands for a long age; others think the days are a framework for…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
When Will Jesus Come Back? cites 2 Peter 3:8
…ago: “With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day” (2 Peter 3:8). And then: “The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites 2 Pet. 3:8
…that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day,” (2 Pet. 3:8; Ps. 90:4). 43. On account of this connection and affinity Scripture sometimes confounds…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
What Then Is Time? cites 2 PETER 3:8
…that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 PETER 3:8 This is not a cold, abstract idea. It is profoundly comforting. The God who is eternal is…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
[I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites 2 Pet. 3:8
…“With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Pet. 3:8). And from this very expression, some of the ancient fathers drew that inference, that…