2 Peter 3:8
2 Peter · New Testament · Chapter 3
“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”2 Peter 3:8
What Does 2 Peter 3:8 Mean?
2 Peter 3:8 is found in the book of 2 Peter, chapter 3, verse 8 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Peter 3:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 90:4“For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”Isaiah 60:22“A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.”Luke 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?”Psalms 102:13“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.”Revelation 1:3“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.”Isaiah 54:7“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”Philippians 3:13“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”Romans 4:17“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”Deuteronomy 32:35“To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.”Philippians 4:5“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.”Acts 3:19“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;”Job 10:5“Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,”1 Corinthians 7:29“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”Genesis 15:16“But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”1 Thessalonians 4:13“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”Hebrews 10:37“For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”Revelation 12:12“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”Job 36:26“Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.”Psalms 39:5“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”Psalms 94:15“But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.”
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