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the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment to the day of judgment;
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God Delivers and Judges
Commentators explain this verse is the central conclusion drawn from the examples of Noah and Lot. It reveals a core truth about God's sovereign power: He is fully capable of both rescuing His faithful people from trials and holding the unrighteous accountable for a future day of judgment. This dual promise offers comfort to believers and a solemn warning to the ungodly.
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2 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord knoweth, etc. That is, the cases referred to show that God is able to deliver his people when tempted, and understands the best w…
The Lord knoweth how (οιδεν κυριος). The actual apodosis of the long protasis begun in verse 4. God can deliver his servants as sh…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord knoweth.—This is the main sentence to which the various conditional clauses beginning 2 Peter 2:4 (s…
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Baptist
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 …
Peter now states the main point. It is one of abiding comfort: “The Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials.” Suffering Christians anywhere …
16th Century
Protestant
The Lord knows. What first troubles the weak is that when the faithful anxiously seek aid, they are not immediately helped by God. On the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly
That "fear him", as the Syriac version renders it; or that "rightly…
Although the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk in it. Let us take care that we give no opportunity to the enemy to blasp…
