2 Peter 3:8 (GNV)

Passage

Dearely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord, as a thousande yeeres, and a thousande yeeres as one day.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:6 Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.

2 Peter 3:7 But the heauens and earth, which are nowe, are kept by the same word in store, and reserued vnto fire against the day of condemnation, and of the destruction of vngodly men.

2 Peter 3:8 Dearely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord, as a thousande yeeres, and a thousande yeeres as one day.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord of that promise is not slacke (as some men count slackenesse) but is pacient toward vs, and would haue no man to perish, but would all men to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dearely", "beloued", "ignorant", "lord", "thousande", and "yeeres". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dearely" and "beloued", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "But the heauens and earth which are..." into verse 9's "The Lord of that promise is not...", so "dearely" and "beloued" 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 "dearely" and "beloued" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.