2 Peter 3:8
About the book 2 Peter Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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Statistics
- 21 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 21 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #585 Rank? Rank 585 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 30,655 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
21 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
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Topics of this verse
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 12 uses
- Vers of the Day Website Data: 8 uses
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 1 use
Uses?
21 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jun 28, 2026
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 2022
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 2018
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 2014
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 2010
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Nov 18, 2006
- Cited as
- 2.Petrus 3,8
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Samstag, 18. November 2006
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2006-11-18
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 28, 2006
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 2002
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 28, 1998
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 1898 – Dec 31, 1963
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Reflections on the Psalms, Chapter 12: Second Meanings in the Psalms
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- CS Lewis
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Church of England
- Language
- English
- Venue
- Oxford
- Venue
- Cambridge
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1055 – Dec 31, 1126
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on 2 Peter
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Theophylact of Ohrid
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0545
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8-9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on 2 Peter
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Oecumenius
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 470 – Dec 31, 542
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, SERMONS
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Caesarius of Arles
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 296 – Dec 31, 373
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, CATENA
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Athanasius of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 295 – Dec 31, 360
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, CATENA
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Eusebius of Emesa
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 235 – Dec 31, 325
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Divine Institutes, Book 7, Chapter XIV
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 245 – Dec 31, 303
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, On the Creation of the World
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Victorinus of Pettau
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 125 – Dec 31, 207
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Against Heresies Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Irenaeus
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 125 – Dec 31, 207
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Against Heresies Book
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Irenaeus
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 95 – Dec 31, 170
- Cited as
- 2 Peter 3:8
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXXXI
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Justin Martyr
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:2PE.003.008
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary