3:8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, 2 that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, 3 as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish 4 for any 5 to perish but for all to come to repentance. 6