9 ^aThe Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but ^bis longsuffering toward us, ^cnot willing that any should perish but ^dthat all should come to repentance.  ‡

10 But ^athe day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which ^bthe heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be¹ burned up.  ‡