2 Peter 3:8 meaning and explanation

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

2 Peter 3:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter, writing to beloved congregations troubled by scoffers who ask where the promised coming is, answers the apparent delay. His point is not a calendar formula but God's relation to time: the Lord who made the heavens is not bound by our measure of days.

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