2 Peter 2:9

Translations

Modern

…if all 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.

Traditional

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

Literal

…then the Lord knows to deliver the devout out of trial and to keep the unrighteous being punished unto the day of judgment,

Latin

Novit Dominus pios de tentatione eripere: iniquos vero in diem judicii reservare cruciandos.

Original

Greek

English

…if all 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.

Notes

2 Peter 2:9

the 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.

2 Peter 2:4–10

Three examples of judgment in the Old Testament show that God will protect and vindicate people who remain faithful to him. These examples also show that God will condemn those who deny him, including the false teachers (see 2:3).

Theme notes and profiles

Lot Simon Peter Apostasy Early Christian Heresies Holiness and Sexual Purity

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