He has the power to punish, but he deliberately refrains from immediately doing so in order to give the wrongdoer the opportunity to change.
Viņš spēj sodīt tos, kas rīkojas nepareizi, bet ar nolūku nedara to uzreiz, lai dotu viņiem iespēju mainīties. ( Ecēhiēla 18: 31, 32.)