³⁷ In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

³ For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

⁴ As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

²⁰ Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

²⁰ He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.

⁸ I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?

²² The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.

³ To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

⁷ Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

⁹ Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

⁸ But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.