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2 Peter 2:9
9So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
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
7But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment. 10He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling. 11But the angels, who are far greater in power and strength, do not dare to bring from the Lord a charge of blasphemy against those supernatural beings.
Read all of 2 Peter 22 Peter 2:9 word by word
οἶδεν κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι, ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- knoweth howεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- to deliverῥύομαιrhuomai · to rescueG4506
- the godlyεὐσεβήςeusebēs · piousG2152
- out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- temptationsπειρασμόςpeirasmos · temptation/testing: testingG3986
- andδέde · thenG1161
- to reserveτηρέωtēreō · to keep: guardG5083
- the unjustἄδικοςadikos · unjustG94
- untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
- to be punishedκολάζωkolazō · to punishG2849
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:9
- Job 5:19From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
- Psalms 4:3You can be sure of this: The Lord set apart the godly for himself. The Lord will answer when I call to him.
- Psalms 12:1Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
- Psalms 32:6Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.
- 2 Timothy 3:12Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
- 2 Peter 2:4For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.
- Job 21:30Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
- Proverbs 16:4The Lord has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.
- Jude 1:14Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones
- 2 Peter 3:7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
- Romans 2:5But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
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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