Does "not willing that any should perish" (2 Peter 3:9) mean all people?

Chuck Smith read the delay of judgment as time given to everyone still outside: "And so this is just time that God has given men to get right with Him." Peter names the scope himself: "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). Read Chuck on 2 Peter 3:9 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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