# The Lord is not slow concerning his promise
"The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise." The noun "promise" can be expressed as a verb. Alternate translation: "The Lord will not delay in doing what he promised to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
# his promise
This is the Lord's promise to return.
# as some consider slowness to be
Some people think that the Lord is slow to fulfill his promise because their perspective of time is different from God's.