Does 2 Peter 3:9 Disprove Calvinism?

( 2 Peter 3:9) "The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance."  (ESV)  

 This verse is often cited by those on the Arminian side to disprove Calvinism.  They say it teaches that God is trying to save every single person.  They say it is his will that every person be saved.  But is this what the verse really teaches?  

The passage deals with those scoffers who think that the day of judgment and the return of Christ will not happen.  They believe things will just continue to go on as they have.  But the Lord is not slow or late in returning as scoffers may think.  The judgment and return of Christ will happen in God's own time.  God views time in a different way than man does.  He operates outside of time.  A day is like a thousand years to him (2 Peter 3:8).  

The second part of the verse says God is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish.  We should ask who the word "you" is referring to.  To find out we should ask who Peter is writing to?  (2 Peter 1:1) tells us that he is writing to Christians.  So the word "you" in the verse refers to believers.  

The next part of the verse says God is not wishing that any should perish.  We have seen that Peter is writing to Christians so the word "any" also must apply to believers. It refers to the chosen people of God.  God does not wish or will that any believer perish.  The passage does not teach that God is trying to save all people.  Because the previous verses of the passage talk about the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly (2 Peter 3:7).  It is obvious that God is not waiting for all people to be saved.  Those who perish and go to hell are not God's people.  They have rejected Jesus who is the only way to heaven.  

The final part of the verse says, but that all should reach repentance.  As we have seen this refers to believers.  It refers to all the people of God.  God is patient waiting for the full number of his people to come to Christ.  He is giving them time to repent.  

This verse does not teach the Arminian view. God is not trying to save every person.  If he was trying to save all people but not accomplishing this, it would mean that he had failed.  All Christians know that God does not fail.  The verse is simply teaching that the Lord patiently waits for those he has chosen to come to him.  When we view the passage in context we see that the Reformed or Calvinist view holds up.