Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,(A)

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And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D)

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22 And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience(A) objects of wrath ready for destruction?(B)

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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16 But I received mercy(A) for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience(B) as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.(C)

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16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy(A) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience(B) as an example for those who would believe(C) in him and receive eternal life.(D)

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20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(A) while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[a](B)—were saved through water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:20 Lit souls

20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(A) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(B) In it only a few people, eight in all,(C) were saved(D) through water,

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15 Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.(A)

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15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(A) means salvation,(B) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(C)

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