18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Creation
• Hope
• Second Coming

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
• 1John 2:28 — And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• 1Thess 2:19 — For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
• 1Thess 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
• 2Thess 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• Amos 5:18 — Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
• Amos 6:3 — Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• Eccl 1:9 — The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
• Eccl 8:11 — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
• Exod 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
• Ezek 11:3 — Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
• Ezek 12:22 — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
• Ezek 12:27 — Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
• Gen 19:14 — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his s
• Isa 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
• Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
• Jer 5:12 — They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Jer 17:15 — Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
• Luke 12:45 — But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
• Mal 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the
• Mark 10:6 — But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
• Mark 13:19 — For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
• Matt 24:27 — For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• Matt 24:48 — But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
• Matt 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
• Ps 58:11 — So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
• Zeph 2:2 — Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you.