2 Peter 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: ”

2 Peter 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 whe...
2 Peter 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The Lord (i) knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (i) Has been long practised in saving and delivering the righteou...
2 Peter 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

As there were false prophets in Israel, so there will arise false teachers among the faithful. (Writing from the assumed standpoint of the apostolic age, he projects their coming into the future; in...
2 Peter 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lord . App-98. knoweth . App-132. godly . Greek. eusebes . See Acts 10:2 . out of . App-104. temptations . temptation. See 1 Peter 1:6 . the . a. punished . Compare Job 21:30 .
2 Peter 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. The Lord knoweth. What first offends the weak is, that when the faithful anxiously seek aid, they are not immediately helped by God; but on the contrary he suffers them sometimes as it we...
2 Peter 2:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2424 GOD THE PUNISHER OF SIN 2 Peter 2:4-9 . If God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judg...
2 Peter 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly - The preservation and deliv...
2 Peter 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord knoweth how to deliver, &c.— We have already taken notice, that some have thought the sense is suspended from 2 Peter 2:4 to this verse. This then would be the connection, "If God s...
2 Peter 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: Knoweth how. He is at no loss for means, even when men see no...
2 Peter 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warning Against a Threatened Plague of Brutal False Teachers As of old there were false as well as true prophets, so it will be now. This leads the Apostle to speak about the false teachers, who i...
2 Peter 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord knoweth. — This is the main sentence to which the various conditional clauses beginning 2 Peter 2:4 (see Note there) have been leading. But the construction is disjointed, owing to the e...
2 Peter 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER 2 Peter 2:1-9 THIS second chapter contains much more of a direct description of the heretical teaching and practices from which the converts were in...
2 Peter 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Doom and Deliverance 2 Peter 2:1-11 Already the early Church was threatened with destructive heresies introduced by men who desired only their self-aggrandizement. All the Apostles give warning...
2 Peter 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning to the subject of the perils threatening the Church, two are referred to - false teachers, and a materialization of mind which follows on such teaching. As in old days there were false prophe...
2 Peter 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (10) But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of unclea...
2 Peter 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly ,.... That "fear him", as the Syriac version renders it; or that "rightly worship", as the Arabic; such as Noah and Lot, men that know God in Christ...
2 Peter 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: Ver. 9. The Lord knoweth how ] He hath ways of his own, and common...
2 Peter 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord , &c. This answers to 2 Peter 2:4 , and closes the sense which was begun there; knoweth how to deliver As if he had said, It plainly appears, from these instances, that the Lord hath...
2 Peter 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But the true government of God has been hated and rejected -even by men claiming to be Christian. Peter, a true prophet, has forewarned of this in this chapter; and the day has come of which he has p...
2 Peter 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Judgments. A. D. 67. 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of...
2 Peter 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord knoweth; according to the common rule, that words of knowledge in Scripture connote affections, as Psalms 1:6 . God's knowing here implies not only his infinite wisdom, whereby he is ne...
2 Peter 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Examples Of God's Judgment On Licentious Behaviour And His Delivery Of The Righteous ( 2 Peter 2:4-9 ). Peter now calls on a number of examples from the Old Testament which demonstrate the truth o...
2 Peter 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 2 Peter 2:10 . Despise government .—Dominion. Both self-restraint and restraint of good rules and wise authorities. Those who own no superior. Evil of dignities .—...
2 Peter 2:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 2:1 . But there were false prophets also among the people, How true that is still! Be not startled, brethren, as though some strange thing had happened to us in this generation. It always...
2 Peter 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:1 . False teachers who bring in damnable heresies. Sects leading to perdition, and to the extreme of punishment. Who were they? They were yet to come, in part; the roots only began as ye...
2 Peter 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people; rather, as in the Revised Version, but there arose false prophets also among the people. The transition is s...
2 Peter 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Examples from History:
2 Peter 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 2 Corinthians 5:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:11 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ; 2 Timothy 3:12 ; Job 21:30 ; Job 5:19 ; Jude 1:14 ; Jude 1:15 ; Proverbs 16:4 ; Psalms 12:1 ;...
2 Peter 2:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Timely Warnings 2 Peter 2:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It has been said that "to be forewarned is to be forearmed." If God had not told us the things which would surely come, to pass, we would not...
2 Peter 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It plainly appears, from these instances, that the Lord knoweth, hath both wisdom and power and will, to deliver the godly out of all temptations, and to punish the ungodly.

2 Peter 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Peter 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Peter 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes