There are some Christians who will use 2Peter 3:9 and say, God is not willing any should perish, but all should come to repentance, to mean every individual.
But when you look at this verse, and the pronoun used, I believe it is not referring in this verse to every individual, but to all the elect of God.
2Peter 3:9 KJV says, 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.
Peter is writing to believers in this epistle, so when he wrote, "but is longsuffering to us-ward (us)" the "us-ward" refers to believers (the elect). Why is the Lord longsuffering toward the elect? Well, let us read on, "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance".
I would explain 2Peter 3:9 like this, The Lord is longsuffering towards His elect, because the Lord is not willing that any of them (His elect) should perish, but all of them (His elect) should come to repentance.
The LITV translates 2Peter 3:9,
The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not having purposed any of us to perish, but all of us to come to repentance.
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