8So, dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape your notice: a single day counts like a thousand years to the Lord Yahweh,i and a thousand years counts as one day.j 9This means that, contrary to man’s perspective, the Lord is not late with his promise to return, as some measure lateness. But rather, his “delay” simply reveals his loving patience toward you, because he does not want any to perish but all to come to repentance.k
