3:8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, 1 that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, 2 as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish 3 for any 4 to perish but for all to come to repentance. 5 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, 6 the heavens will disappear 7 with a horrific noise, 8 and the celestial bodies 9 will melt away 10 in a blaze, 11 and the earth and every deed done on it 12 will be laid bare. 13