[TwelveOfTwenty]

This also applies to people who willfully and without any attempt at repentence continue in other forbidden behaviors.

2 Peter 3:9 doesn't say God wants no one to perish but all to be saved. It says God wants no one to perish but all to repent.

[little jeremiah]

Yes indeed. Heart felt repentence and the begging of forgiveness which comes from that sorrow are essential. And evidence of true repentence is a change of heart, and a changed life.