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2 Peter 3:7-8

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3:7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 1 

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.

1 tn Grk “the ungodly people.”

2 tn The same verb, λανθάνω (lanqanw, “escape”) used in v. 5 is found here (there, translated “suppress”).



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