G2233–ἡγέομαι–hēgeomai

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

ἡγοῦνται· hēgountai “esteem;”

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

ἡγεῖσθε, hēgeisthe “do esteem,”