 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  The character of God - Page 116by Fergus Ferguson - 1881 - 192 lehteFull view - About this book
 | George Redford - 1843 - 188 lehte
...sole reason why you, if still unconverted, are kept from the place of punishment is, because God " is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any...perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. Let us now return again to the question with which we set out. Can any unconverted person assure... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 lehte
...as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 7 he Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should came to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1803 - 476 lehte
...were some of mankind to whom he was willing to shew himself glorious in their happiness ? " The Lord is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any...perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. And as this consideration of the divine patience and forbearance, shining foTh in the whole... | |
 | 1804 - 476 lehte
...a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in... | |
 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 lehte
...it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it ! — But the Lord is not slack concerning his promises, as some men count slackness — he will be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy, sanctified in righteousness.' Whatever the... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 470 lehte
...cavils of the scoffers in the latter days, concerning the delay of his coming, he tells them, that God is not slack concerning his promises, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward i - that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in ivhich the heavens shall pass aivay... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 lehte
...of time are nothing to hint, that is Infinite. III. 9 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. The Lord, who hath promised to come, is not slack in... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 lehte
...the wicked turn from his way and live. 2 Pet. iii. 9. 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. : §. III. 10th Q. — How do the Scriptures describe... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 358 lehte
...deal of ingratitude and evil requital trom men, that God is pleased to crown them with his grace. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promises, as...long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is... | |
 | 1839 - 702 lehte
...declared that he " willeth not the death of the sinner," that " he delighteth in mercy;" and that " he is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any...perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Pet. iii. 9. It is not because there is any inadequacy in the means of salvation; for " God to loved the... | |
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