What does 2 Peter 3:15 say about the Lord's long-suffering?
Peter writes that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation. Readers are told to account and understand it as salvation. This truth is tied to God's plan of salvation, because He is not willing that any should perish but is working out salvation.
Les explains that 2 Peter 3:15 says the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation. Peter wrote this epistle shortly before he was martyred, about 66–67 A.D., roughly thirty years after Saul's conversion and since Peter and Paul first met at Jerusalem. Les connects this to the whole Bible's theme: as soon as man fell, God began putting a plan of salvation on the human race, not willing that any should perish. Yet that plan has not always been understood the same way: Cain and Abel did not understand crucifixion, but Abel did what God said; Moses and the Law did not understand the Gospel that Christ died for our sins, but they did what God told them.
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;
More Questions
Why is the Lord's longsuffering described as salvation in 2 Peter 3:15?
Peter writes that Christians should take to heart that the longsuffering of the Lord is salvation, because the Lord is not willing that any should perish.
Why is the Lord longsuffering instead of punishing or ending things quickly?
The Lord is longsuffering because He is not willing that anyone should perish.
Which epistles was Peter referring to in 2 Peter 3:15?
In 2 Peter 3:15 the epistles Peter refers to as containing 'these things' are Romans through Hebrews, which are all bunched together in the New Testament.