⁸ But do not let this one fact escape your notice, ^(A)beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and ^(B)a thousand years like one day. ^9 (C)The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some consider slowness, but ^(D)is patient toward you, ^(E)not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. ¹⁰ But ^(F)the day of the Lord ^(G)will come like a thief, in which ^(H)the heavens ^(I)will pass away with a roar and the ^(J)elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and ^(K)the earth and ^[a]its works will be ^[b]found out.