Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Peter 2:9
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.
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.
Verse 9. _THE 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 _goodn...
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 when we...
II. THE EVIL TO COME THROUGH FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The source of the evil (2 Peter 2:1)_ 2. The lessons from the past. (2 Peter 2:4) 3. The description of the apostates (2 Peter 2:11)...
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...
FALSE PROPHETS (2 Peter 2:1) _ 2:1 There were times when false prophets arose among the people, even as amongst you too there will be false teachers, men who will insidiously introduce destructive he...
If God did not spare even angels who had sinned, but condemned them to the lowest hell and committed them to the pits of darkness, where they remain kept for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient...
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
_the godly … the unjust_ Both adjectives are in the Greek without the article. _out of temptations_ The word includes the _trial_of conflict with evil, as well as its alluring side. See note on 1 Pet...
The apodosis: see on 2 Peter 2:4. ΚΟΛΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ: _present_ participle. In _Enoch_ x. the sinful angels are bound in torment from the moment of their capture till the great day of judgment....
ΟΪΔΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со значением _praes.._ ΕΎΣΕΒΉΣ (G2152) богобоязненный, набожный, преданный (_см._ 2 Peter 1:3). ΡΎΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΡΎΟΜΑΙ...
DISCOURSE: 2424 GOD THE PUNISHER OF SIN 2 Peter 2:4. 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 judgment; and...
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 spared not...
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; _Expanded Translation_ (From the preservation of Noah a...
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 escap...
VERSE 9. THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY. The examples given show that the Lord knows how to deliver those that love and obey him under every trial. AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST. Also that t...
The program of prophecy has gradually become clearer with added revelation. The preexile prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah know only...
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 if th...
UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT to BE PUNISHED] RV 'under punishment unto the day of judgement.' God's punishment is remedial, and this v. gives just a gleam of hope for the false teachers....
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 FALSE TEACHERS Much of this chapter is similar to the letter of Jude. Some of the words are almost the same. Pe...
God knows how to rescue good people. The stories about Noah and Lot show this. God does not prevent difficulties in the Christian life. But he makes Christians strong so that they can overcome the dif...
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 eagern...
CHAPTER 23 THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER 2 Peter 2:1 THIS second chapter contains much more of a direct description of the heretical teaching and practices from which the converts were in danger,...
οἶδεν Κύριος, κ. τ. λ. Apodosis to protasis begun in 2 Peter 2:4. πειρασμοῦ. See Mayor's note on James 1:2. The idea here is primarily of those surroundings that try a man's fidelity and integrity, an...
2 Peter 2:4-10 _a_. _A historical illustration of the Divine judgment on the wicked, and care of the righteous_. “God spared not angels who sinned, but having cast them into Tartarus, gave them over t...
DOOM AND DELIVERANCE 2 Peter 2:1 Already the early Church was threatened with destructive heresies introduced by men who desired only their self-aggrandizement. All the Apostles give warning against...
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 prophet...
GOD'S SURE DELIVERANCE Again, Peter sought to show that God will save any righteous who may be found among the wicked. Lot was worn out with worry over the sin he saw all around him. What Lot saw and...
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 righteous...
_To reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment, &c. That is, God many times does not punish the wicked in this life, he suffers them to run on in the ways of iniquity, with prosperity as to the enjoy...
"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 unclean...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
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 were to pin...
The next two Chapter s set before us, on the other hand, the two forms of evil that characterise the last days the false and corrupt teaching of bad men, and the unbelief which denies the return of th...
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 spi...
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 commonly...
_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 both w...
SODOM AND GOMORRAH; GENESIS 19:16-25....
Facts as well as the declarations of the Bible testify to the justice of God, and to the certainty that, though he may bear long with the wicked, yet if they continue in sin they will not go unpunishe...
Examples from History:...
THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY OUT OF TEMPTATIONS, AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE PUNISHED;...
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 pr...
_ 2 Peter 2:9 ‘then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,'_ ‘THEN' -The lesson or applications from the previous...
1-9 Though the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk therein. Let us take care we give no occasion to the enemy to blaspheme the holy name whereby we are called, or to speak ev...
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 never at...
2 Clement For if we renounce these indulgences and conquer the soul by not fulfilling its wicked desires, we shall be partakers of the mercy of Jesus. Know ye that the day[76]...
2 Peter 2:9 Lord G2962 knows G1492 (G5758) deliver G4506 (G5738) godly G2152 of G1537 temptations G3986 and...
‘The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment (or ‘while continuing their punishment') in readiness for the day of judgment,' Thus these exam...
EXAMPLES OF GOD'S JUDGMENT ON LICENTIOUS BEHAVIOUR AND HIS DELIVERY OF THE RIGHTEOUS (2 PETER 2:4). Peter now calls on a number of examples from the Old Testament which demonstrate the truth of what...
2 Peter 2:9. THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY OUT OF TEMPTATION, AND TO RESERVE THE UNRIGHTEOUS UNDER PUNISHMENT UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. The _knowledge_ which is here in view is the Divine...
The second chapter of the Epistle stands entirely by itself. It is of so peculiar a character, that some have doubted whether it belonged originally to this Epistle, or could have been written by the...
THE LORD KNOWETH HOW (οιδεν κυριος). The actual apodosis of the long protasis begun in verse 2 Peter 2:4. God can deliver his servants as shown by Noah and Lot and he will deliver you. The idiomatic...
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 wa...
CONTENTS: Warnings concerning apostate teachers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Noah, Lot, Balaam. CONCLUSION: Where God sends His true messengers with His Word, the devil always sends some to seduce and...
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 yet t...
AND SO THE LORD. "The examples of Noah and Lot show that God is willing to rescue godly men from their trials." AND HOW TO KEEP. "The examples of the angels who sinned and of Sodom and Gomorrah (1 Pet...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:1 Evaluation of False Teachers. In this third main section of his letter, Peter criticizes the false teachers, using biblical illustrations to do so....
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:9 Having stated his minor premises, Peter moves now to his major premise (see note on vv. 4–10a): “If” vv. 2 Peter 2:4 are true,...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:4 Peter turns to a detailed argument proving God’s certain judgment on the false teachers. Four times he uses a lesser-to-greater method of argument (if A is true, how much m...
_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.—Lit. “Th...
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 simple and na...
False prophets have always been around. Now they don't wear signs, "I'm a false prophet". They come in sheep's clothing. They look like sheep. They come sometimes dripping with love and phrases of lov...
1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Peter 2:4;...
Godly [ε υ σ ε β ε ι ς]. Used by Peter only. Compare Acts 10:2; Acts 10:7. The reading at Acts 22:12, is eujlabhv, devout. See on ch. 2 Peter 1:3. Temptation [π ε ι ρ α σ μ ο
TIMELY WARNINGS 2 Peter 2:1 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 be prepa...
From the particular example of Lot, and his gracious preservation in Sodom's destruction, the apostle draws this general conclusion, "That Almighty God knows how to preserve his own faithful servants...