9) Third Answer--a practical one: Make good use of what to you seems to be delay. The Lord is not slack.--We are in doubt whether "the Lord" means Christ or God the Father. In 2Peter 3:8 "the Lord" certainly means God; and this is in favour of the same meaning here. On the other hand, "concerning His promise" naturally refers to Christ's promise that He

1Timothy 5:8 Context. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied

1Peter 5:8-9King James Version. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast

^{1Peter 5:8–9New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update. 8 aBe of sober spirit, bbe on the alert. Your adversary, cthe devil, prowls around like a roaring dlion, seeking someone to devour. 9 1aBut resist him, bfirm in your faith, knowing that cthe same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your 2brethren who are in the world.} Takenfrom John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. The King James Version is in the public domain. Read 1 Peter 1:8-9 KJV in the King James Bible Online: "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:" RgjUoY. 375 47 393 23 296 241 132 374 304

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