2 Peter 3:8 (ASV)

Passage

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

2 Peter 3:7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

2 Peter 3:8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "forget", "beloved", "lord", "thousand", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "forget" and "beloved", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "but the heavens that now are and..." into verse 9's "The Lord is not slack concerning his...", so "forget" and "beloved" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "forget" and "beloved" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.