³¹ Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, “Serve the ^(A)bread.”

⁷ And ^(A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?

^9 (A)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but ^(B)is longsuffering toward ^[a]us, ^(C)not willing that any should perish but ^(D)that all should come to repentance.