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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Le Seigneur ne tarde pas dans l'accomplissement de la promesse, comme quelques-uns le croient; mais il use de patience envers vous, ne voulant pas qu'aucun périsse, mais voulant que tous arrivent à la repentance.
KJV
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.
Hermas
The Shepherd of Hermas
σωνται τῷ θεῷ: ὅτι ὁ κύριος ἔπεμψέ με σπλαγχνισθεὶς πᾶσι δοῦναι τὴν μετάνοιαν, καίπερ τινῶν μὴ ὄντων II Pet. 3, 9 ἀξίων διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν: ἀλλὰ μακρόθυμος ὢν ὁ κύριος θέλει τὴν κλῆσιν τὴν γενομένην διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ σώζεσθαι. λέγω αὐτῷ: Κύριε, ἐλπίζω, ὅτι πάντες ἀκούσαντες αὐτὰ…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Historia Ecclesiastica
ῶν γενομένους προσελάβοντο, καὶ τὴν καὶ μετάνοιαν αὐτῶν ἰδόντες δεκτήν τε γενέσθαι Cf. Ezek.33, 11 ; 2 Pet. 3, 9 δυναμένην τῶ μὴ βουλομένω καθόλου τὸν θάνατον μ’ μ’ μ’ ὢ του ἁμαρτωλοῦ ὡς τὴν μετάνοιαν δοκιμάσαντες, εἰσεδέξαντο καὶ συνήγαγον καὶ συνέστησαν προσευχῶν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἑστ…
Fulgentius of Ruspe
On the Remission of Sins Book Two
lowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). I urge you, dearest Euthymius, not to hesitate to consider how significant this apostolic statement is. It should not be taken lightly that the blessed Peter says Go…
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