Daily Wisdom: 2 Peter 3:8 (KJV)

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

But, 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.
— 2 Peter 3:8 (KJV)

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