2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
American Standard Version

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  1. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Free Grace cites 2 Pet. 3:9

    …are, “He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance;” (2 Pet. 3:9; ) “He willeth that all men should be saved.” And they, Secondly, declare what is the cau…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites 2 Peter iii. 9

    …ect His Son. Still another way to deal with these men is by showing them from John v. 40; 2 Peter iii. 9‒11 or Ezek. xxxiii. 11, that it is not so much God who damns men as men who damn themselv…

  3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Complaining cites 2 Peter iii. 9

    …3‒4, shows that God, so far from creating man to damn him, desires that all men be saved. 2 Peter iii. 9, teaches that God is not willing that any should perish and is delaying His purposes in o…

  4. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    John Praying Hyde — The Apostle of Prayer in India cites 2 Peter 3:9

    …e is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9, NIV). When Hyde prayed for a soul to be saved, he was not asking God to do something He …

  5. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites 2 Peter 3:9

    …ed in you.” Romans 8:26 — “The Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” 2 Peter 3:9 — “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he i…

  6. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is There a Literal Hell? cites 2 Peter 3:9

    …g to usward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). But God has made us in His own image, with a moral nature, with a capacity for self-det…

  7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites 2 Pet 3: 9

    …his murdering-piece. ‘The Lord is long suffering to usward, not willing that any perish.’ 2 Pet 3: 9. God adjourns the assizes, to see if sinners will turn; he keeps off the storm of his wra…

  8. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 2 Peter iii. 9

    …, is useful as showing that even at the last hour Jesus will hearken to the sinner’s cry. 2 Peter iii. 9, will show that His will is that none should perish, but that He is delaying the judgment…

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