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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Peter 3:9 - 3:9
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slack - slow, tardy, late; exceeding the due time, as though that time were already come. Heb 10:37, “will not tarry.”
his promise - which the scoffers cavil at. 2Pe 3:4, “Where is the promise?” It shall be surely fulfilled “according to His promise” (2Pe 3:13).
some - the “scoffers.”
count - His promise to be the result of “slackness” (tardiness).
long-suffering - waiting until the full number of those appointed to “salvation” (2Pe 3:15) shall be completed.
to us-ward - The oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac, etc., read, “towards YOU.”
any - not desiring that any, yea, even that the scoffers, should perish, which would be the result if He did not give space for repentance.
come - go and be received to repentance: the Greek implies there is room for their being received to repentance (compare Greek, Mar 2:2; Joh 8:37).