Often quoted out of context. The antecedent of 2 Peter 3:9 is "the beloved" Peter is writing to. The word "all" has a lot of meanings. In our normal, everyday life we use the word "all" to mean many other things other than "every person in every place at every time".
It's our traditions and presuppositions we read into Scripture which force us to interpret every instance of "all" to mean a "universal all". We need to read the text and interpret it in context.
Does this passage really mean a "universal all"? Or did the author have another intent? What are the theological implications?
2 Peter 3: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter+2&version=ESV
God wants everyone to be saved but people have free will. Most people won't be saved.
(Matthew 7:13-14 NIV) "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. {14} But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
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Can you define "free will" and where the Bible says man's will is free?
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