8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8)The apostle comes in these words to instruct and establish Christians in the truth of the coming of the Lord, where we may clearly discern the tenderness and affection wherewith he speaks to them, calling them beloved ; he had a compassionate concern and a love of good-will for the ungodly wretches who refused to believe divine revelation, but he has a peculiar respect for the true believers, and…
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