qCited from Hab. 2:3, 4
sSee 1 Thess. 2:19
Habakkuk 2:3
3For still athe vision awaits its appointed time;it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, bwait for it;
cit will surely come; it will not delay.
Matthew 24:48
48But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master dis delayed,’Matthew 25:19
19Now eafter a long time the master of those servants came and fsettled accounts with them.Luke 12:45
45But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master gis delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and hget drunk,Luke 20:9
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
9 iAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ja vineyard and klet it out to tenants and lwent into another country for a long while.Hebrews 10:36-37
36For myou have need of endurance, so that nwhen you have done the will of God you may oreceive what is promised. 37For,p“Yet a little while,
and qthe coming one will come and will not delay;
2 Peter 3:4-9
4 rThey will say, “Where is the promise of shis coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth twas formed out of water and through water uby the word of God, 6and that by means of these the world that then existed vwas deluged with water and wperished. 7But by the same word xthe heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and ydestruction of the ungodly.8But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and za thousand years as one day. 9 aaThe Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise abas some count slowness, but acis patient toward you, ▼
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aenot wishing that any should perish, but afthat all should reach repentance. Revelation of John 2:25
25Only hold fast agwhat you have until I come.
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