Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Peter 2:9

"the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;" — 2 Peter 2:9 (ASV)

We have far too many, nowadays, of both these sorts of sinners, and of the two sorts joined in one: them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.