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2 Peter 2:9
9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the 1godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
2 Peter 2:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- New International Version (NIV)if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
- New King James Version (NKJV)then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
Context of 2 Peter 2:9
7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless, 8(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,) [the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished; 10and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities: 11when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.
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οἶδεν κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι, ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:9
- Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;
- 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].
- Psalms 4:3But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious [man] for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.
- Psalms 12:1Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
- Psalms 32:6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.
- 2 Timothy 3:12And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;
- Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
- Proverbs 16:4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Jude 1:14And Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
- 2 Peter 3:7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly - The preservation and deliverance of Lot gave the apostle occasion to remark, that God knew as well to save as to destroy; and that his goodness led him as forcibly to save righteous Lot, as his justice did to destroy the rebellious in the instances already adduced. And the design of the apostle in producing these examples is to show to the people to whom he was writing that, although God would destroy those…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord knoweth - That is, the cases referred to show that God is able to deliver his people when tempted, and understands the best way in which it should be done. He sees a way to do it when we cannot, though it is often a way which we should not have thought of. He can send an angel to take his tempted people by the hand; he can interpose and destroy the power of the tempter; he can raise up earthly friends; he can deliver his people completely and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials: Noah’s family and Lot show this truth (2:5; 2:7). The Lord is faithful to his people. The people Peter wrote to needed assurance that their struggles to live godly lives, while facing false teaching and the scorn of the world, would be rewarded.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. knoweth how--He is at no loss for means, even when men see no escape. out of--not actually from. temptations--trials. to be punished--Greek, "being punished": as the fallen angels (2Pe 2:4), actually under sentence, and awaiting its final execution. Sin is already its own penalty; hell will be its full development.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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