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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH; GENESIS 19:16-25....
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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...
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Examples from History:...
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THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY OUT OF TEMPTATIONS, AND TO
RESERVE THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE PUNISHED;...
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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...
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_ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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]...
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2 Peter 2:9 Lord G2962 knows G1492 (G5758) deliver G4506 (G5738) godly
G2152 of G1537 temptations G3986 and...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Peter
2:4;...
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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
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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...
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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....
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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...