2 Peter 3:9 (YLT)

Passage

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

Nearby Context

2 Peter 3:7 and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

2 Peter 3:8 And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

2 Peter 3:9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

2 Peter 3:10 and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

2 Peter 3:11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "slow", "regard", "promise", "certain", "count", "slowness", and "long-suffering". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "slow", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And this one thing let not be..." into verse 10's "and it will come--the day of the...", so "lord" and "slow" 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 "lord" and "slow" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.