2 PETER 3:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 2
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should reach repentance — the divine patience (makrothymia) is not indifference but salvific intention. The universal scope (hina pantas eis metanoian) expresses God's will for universal repentance without guaranteeing universal salvation. The delay serves the conversion of the elect, not slack judgment.
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