逐节对照
- King James Version - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
- 新标点和合本 - 耶和华必然等候,要施恩给你们; 必然兴起,好怜悯你们。 因为耶和华是公平的 神; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 耶和华必然等候,要施恩给你们; 必然兴起,好怜悯你们。 因为耶和华是公平的上帝; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 耶和华必然等候,要施恩给你们; 必然兴起,好怜悯你们。 因为耶和华是公平的 神; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 当代译本 - 然而,耶和华正在等候, 准备施恩给你们, 祂必怜悯你们。 因为耶和华是公正的上帝, 等候祂的人有福了!
- 圣经新译本 - 因此,耶和华必等候要恩待你们; 他必兴起来怜悯你们, 因为耶和华是公义的 神。 等候他的,都是有福的。
- 中文标准译本 - 虽然如此,耶和华却等候着要恩待你们; 因此,他会起来怜悯你们, 因为耶和华是公正的神; 所有等候他的,都是蒙福的!
- 现代标点和合本 - 耶和华必然等候,要施恩给你们, 必然兴起,好怜悯你们, 因为耶和华是公平的神。 凡等候他的,都是有福的!
- 和合本(拼音版) - 耶和华必然等候,要施恩给你们; 必然兴起,好怜悯你们。 因为耶和华是公平的上帝, 凡等候他的都是有福的。
- New International Version - Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
- New International Reader's Version - But the Lord wants to have mercy on you. So he will rise up to give you his tender love. The Lord is a God who is always fair. Blessed are all those who wait for him to act!
- English Standard Version - Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- New Living Translation - So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.
- The Message - But God’s not finished. He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones.
- Christian Standard Bible - Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.
- New American Standard Bible - Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
- New King James Version - Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
- Amplified Bible - Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].
- American Standard Version - And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
- New English Translation - For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.
- World English Bible - Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
- 新標點和合本 - 耶和華必然等候,要施恩給你們; 必然興起,好憐憫你們。 因為耶和華是公平的神; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 耶和華必然等候,要施恩給你們; 必然興起,好憐憫你們。 因為耶和華是公平的上帝; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 耶和華必然等候,要施恩給你們; 必然興起,好憐憫你們。 因為耶和華是公平的 神; 凡等候他的都是有福的!
- 當代譯本 - 然而,耶和華正在等候, 準備施恩給你們, 祂必憐憫你們。 因為耶和華是公正的上帝, 等候祂的人有福了!
- 聖經新譯本 - 因此,耶和華必等候要恩待你們; 他必興起來憐憫你們, 因為耶和華是公義的 神。 等候他的,都是有福的。
- 呂振中譯本 - 因此永恆主必等候來恩待你們; 因此 永恆主 必興起 來憐憫你們; 因為永恆主是公平的上帝; 凡等候他的全都有福。
- 中文標準譯本 - 雖然如此,耶和華卻等候著要恩待你們; 因此,他會起來憐憫你們, 因為耶和華是公正的神; 所有等候他的,都是蒙福的!
- 現代標點和合本 - 耶和華必然等候,要施恩給你們, 必然興起,好憐憫你們, 因為耶和華是公平的神。 凡等候他的,都是有福的!
- 文理和合譯本 - 然耶和華必姑待以惠爾、居崇高以恤爾、蓋耶和華乃公義之上帝、凡望之者、咸蒙福祉、○
- 文理委辦譯本 - 惟耶和華上帝、施仁行義、矜憫為懷彼必欲勃然而興、以恩加爾、凡恃主者、必蒙福祉、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 雖然、主仍俟焉、欲賜恩於爾、勃然而興、矜憐爾、蓋主乃施仁行義之天主、凡仰望主者、即為有福、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Por eso el Señor los espera, para tenerles piedad; por eso se levanta para mostrarles compasión. Porque el Señor es un Dios de justicia. ¡Dichosos todos los que en él esperan!
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러나 여호와께서는 아직도 너희가 돌아오기를 기다리고 계시며 너희에게 사랑을 베푸시려고 하신다. 여호와는 의로우신 분이시므로 너희를 불쌍히 여기실 것이다. 그러므로 여호와를 의지하는 자는 복 있는 자이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Но Господь медлит, чтобы помиловать вас; Он поднимется, чтобы сжалиться над вами. Ведь Господь – Бог правосудия. Блаженны все, кто Его ожидает!
- Восточный перевод - Но Вечный медлит, чтобы помиловать вас; Он поднимется, чтобы сжалиться над вами. Ведь Вечный – Бог правосудия. Благословенны все, кто Его ожидает!
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но Вечный медлит, чтобы помиловать вас; Он поднимется, чтобы сжалиться над вами. Ведь Вечный – Бог правосудия. Благословенны все, кто Его ожидает!
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но Вечный медлит, чтобы помиловать вас; Он поднимется, чтобы сжалиться над вами. Ведь Вечный – Бог правосудия. Благословенны все, кто Его ожидает!
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et pourtant, l’Eternel attend ╵le moment de vous faire grâce et il se lèvera ╵pour vous manifester ╵sa compassion, car l’Eternel est un Dieu juste. Heureux tous ceux ╵qui se confient en lui !
- リビングバイブル - しかし主は、あなたがたを愛し、 いつの日か、みもとに帰って来るのを待っています。 約束どおり、あなたがたをむりやりつかまえてでも 祝福しようと待ちかまえています。 主は約束は必ず守るお方なので、 主の助けを待ち望む人は幸いです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Contudo, o Senhor espera o momento de ser bondoso com vocês; ele ainda se levantará para mostrar-lhes compaixão. Pois o Senhor é Deus de justiça. Como são felizes todos os que nele esperam!
- Hoffnung für alle - Doch sehnt sich der Herr danach, euch gnädig zu sein. Bald wird er zu euch kommen und sich wieder über euch erbarmen, denn er ist ein gerechter Gott. Wie glücklich können sich alle schätzen, die auf seine Hilfe warten!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Hằng Hữu vẫn chờ đợi các ngươi đến với Ngài để Chúa tỏ tình yêu và lòng thương xót của Ngài. Vì Chúa Hằng Hữu là Đức Chúa Trời trung tín. Phước cho ai trông chờ sự trợ giúp của Ngài.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถึงกระนั้นองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้ายังทรงปรารถนาจะเมตตาเจ้า พระองค์ทรงลุกขึ้นเพื่อแสดงความเมตตาสงสารต่อเจ้า เพราะพระยาห์เวห์ทรงเป็นพระเจ้าแห่งความยุติธรรม พระพรมีแก่ทุกคนที่รอคอยพระองค์!
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้น พระผู้เป็นเจ้าปรารถนาจะมีความกรุณาต่อพวกท่าน พระองค์จึงลุกขึ้นแสดงความเมตตาต่อท่าน เพราะพระผู้เป็นเจ้าเป็นพระเจ้าแห่งความยุติธรรม ทุกคนที่รอคอยพระองค์จะเป็นสุข
交叉引用
- Isaiah 18:4 - For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
- Isaiah 26:7 - The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
- Isaiah 26:8 - Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Psalms 99:4 - The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Jonah 3:4 - And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
- Jonah 3:5 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
- Jonah 3:6 - For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 3:7 - And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
- Jonah 3:8 - But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
- Jonah 3:9 - Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Jonah 3:10 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
- Romans 9:15 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
- Romans 9:16 - So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
- Romans 9:17 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
- Romans 9:18 - Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
- Isaiah 57:17 - For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- Isaiah 57:18 - I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
- Hosea 2:14 - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
- Jeremiah 10:24 - O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
- Isaiah 33:10 - Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
- Isaiah 33:11 - Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- Isaiah 33:12 - And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- Isaiah 42:1 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 42:2 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
- Isaiah 42:3 - A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
- Isaiah 42:4 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Micah 7:7 - Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- Micah 7:8 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
- Micah 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
- Isaiah 42:14 - I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Ephesians 1:20 - Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
- Ephesians 1:21 - Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Ephesians 1:22 - And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
- Ephesians 1:23 - Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Deuteronomy 32:4 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Ephesians 1:6 - To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Job 35:14 - Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- Jeremiah 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 31:19 - Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Jeremiah 31:20 - Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
- Luke 2:25 - And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
- Malachi 2:17 - Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
- Romans 5:20 - Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
- Exodus 34:6 - And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Psalms 62:5 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Psalms 62:6 - He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Psalms 62:7 - In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 62:8 - Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Luke 24:26 - Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
- Luke 24:27 - And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- James 5:11 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Psalms 62:1 - Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
- Psalms 62:2 - He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalms 27:14 - Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
- Romans 8:25 - But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
- Romans 8:26 - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
- Romans 8:27 - And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
- Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Hosea 11:8 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
- Hosea 11:9 - I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
- Acts 5:31 - Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Ephesians 1:8 - Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Romans 2:2 - But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
- Romans 2:3 - And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
- Romans 2:4 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- Romans 2:5 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 2:6 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
- Romans 2:7 - To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Romans 2:8 - But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- Romans 2:9 - Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
- Romans 2:10 - But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
- Psalms 84:12 - O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
- Micah 7:18 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Micah 7:19 - He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Micah 7:20 - Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- Romans 9:22 - What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- Psalms 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Psalms 46:11 - The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Isaiah 55:8 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 17:7 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
- Luke 15:20 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Psalms 40:1 - I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 40:2 - He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Psalms 40:3 - And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
- Psalms 76:5 - The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- Psalms 76:6 - At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
- Psalms 76:7 - Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Psalms 76:8 - Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
- Psalms 76:9 - When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 76:10 - Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- Isaiah 5:16 - But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Acts 2:33 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
- Acts 2:34 - For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Acts 2:35 - Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
- Acts 2:36 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
- Acts 2:37 - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 2:39 - For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- 1 Samuel 2:3 - Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
- Psalms 2:12 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
- Matthew 15:22 - And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
- Matthew 15:23 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Matthew 15:24 - But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:25 - Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
- Matthew 15:26 - But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 15:27 - And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
- Matthew 15:28 - Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Psalms 28:6 - Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
- Psalms 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Isaiah 33:5 - The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
- Psalms 34:8 - O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- Isaiah 25:9 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- 2 Peter 3:15 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
- Isaiah 8:17 - And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Proverbs 16:20 - He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
- Lamentations 3:25 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Lamentations 3:26 - It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
- 2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.