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2Pe 3:9 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

is not		Isa 46:13; Hab 2:3; Luk 18:7,8; Hbr 10:37
but is		2Pe 3:15; Exd 34:6; Psa 86:15; Isa 30:18; Rom 9:22; 1Ti 1:16; 1Pe 3:20
not willing		Exd 18:23; Exd 32:32; Exd 33:11
but that		Rom 2:4; 1Ti 2:4; Rev 2:21

Correlating Passages

is not

	Isa 46:13	I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
	Hab 2:3	For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
	Luk 18:7	And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
	Luk 18:8	I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
	Hbr 10:37	For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

but is

	2Pe 3:15	And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Isa 30:18	And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
	Rom 9:22	[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
	1Ti 1:16	Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
	1Pe 3:20	Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

not willing

	Exd 18:23	If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
	Exd 32:32	Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
	Exd 33:11	And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

but that

	Rom 2:4	Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
	1Ti 2:4	Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
	Rev 2:21	And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Peter 3:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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