G2233–ἡγέομαι–hēgeomai

The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.

ἡγοῦνται· hēgountai “esteem;”

And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him.

ἡγεῖσθε, hēgeisthe “do esteem,”