彼得后书 2:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

主知道怎樣搭救敬虔的人脫離試探，又把不義的人留下來，等候在審判的日子受刑罰，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
主 知 道 搭 救 敬 虔 的 人 脱 离 试 探 ， 把 不 义 的 人 留 在 刑 罚 之 下 ， 等 候 审 判 的 日 子 。

Contextual Overview

⁷ But he saved Lot from those cities. Lot, a good man, was troubled because of the filthy lives of evil people. ⁸ (Lot was a good man, but because he lived with evil people every day, his good heart was hurt by the evil things he saw and heard.) ⁹ So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knoweth: Job 5:19, Psalms 34:15-19, 1 Corinthians 10:13

the godly: Psalms 4:3, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 32:6, 2 Timothy 3:12, Titus 2:14

and: 2 Peter 2:4, Job 21:30, Proverbs 16:4, Jude 1:14, Jude 1:15

unto: 2 Peter 3:7, Romans 2:5, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:23 - and Noah Genesis 19:12 - Hast Genesis 19:16 - brought 1 Samuel 20:1 - fled 1 Samuel 29:10 - General 1 Kings 14:13 - there is found Job 4:7 - who ever Job 27:13 - the portion Job 36:6 - preserveth Psalms 37:33 - will not Psalms 94:13 - until the pit Psalms 119:121 - leave me Proverbs 12:13 - but Ecclesiastes 8:12 - a sinner Isaiah 27:4 - Fury Ezekiel 9:4 - that sigh Ezekiel 14:14 - deliver Daniel 2:18 - of the God of heaven Nahum 1:2 - reserveth Matthew 6:13 - lead Matthew 10:15 - in the Matthew 11:22 - the day Matthew 26:41 - enter Mark 6:11 - in the day Luke 17:34 - two Luke 21:22 - the days Acts 12:11 - and hath Romans 2:16 - God Romans 9:22 - endured 1 Corinthians 5:13 - God 2 Corinthians 1:10 - General 2 Thessalonians 3:3 - and 2 Timothy 3:11 - but 2 Timothy 4:17 - and I Titus 2:12 - godly Hebrews 2:18 - them James 1:2 - divers James 5:11 - and have 2 Peter 2:3 - whose 1 John 4:17 - the day Revelation 3:10 - I also

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!"

Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"

Deuteronomy 6:25
The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded."

Proverbs 3:18
As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it, and everyone who uses it will be happy.

Proverbs 11:30
A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.

Isaiah 44:25
I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false; I make fools of those who do magic. I confuse even the wise; they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.

Isaiah 47:10
You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.' Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.'

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 spiritually and experimentally; that believe in him, love him, fear him, worship him in spirit and truth, and live soberly, righteously, and godly. This verse is a conclusion from the preceding instances and examples, respecting both the mercy and justice of God; the mercy of God in delivering the godly and righteous "out of temptations"; by which are meant, not the temptations of Satan to sin, distrust, and despondency, though the Lord knows how, and is both able and willing to, and does deliver them from them; but afflictions and tribulations, such as Noah and Lot were exposed to; and which are so called, because they try the graces, particularly the faith and patience of the godly; and to deliver from these is the Lord's work: he grants his presence in them; he supports under them; he sanctifies them to them, and in his own time delivers out of them; for he knows how, and by what means, and when to do it, and is both able and willing: he has determined to do it, for the nature, measure, and duration of afflictions are fixed by him, and in his providence he does do it, as the instances before given prove.

And to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. This is that part of the conclusion from the above premises, respecting the justice of God; and by "the unjust" are designed, persons without a righteousness, and that are full of all unrighteousness, and take pleasure in it, and live unrighteous lives, committing acts of injustice, both with respect to God and men; and the Lord, that has reserved the fallen angels in chains of darkness unto judgment, knows how to reserve "in prison", as the Arabic version renders it, the souls of those in hell, and their bodies in the grave "unto the day of judgment"; of the last and general judgment, when Christ shall judge both quick and dead, and bring every secret thing to light, which that day shall declare, God has appointed to judge the world in; in order "to be punished" in soul and body, with everlasting and complete destruction, which, as yet, is not. This phrase, "the day of judgment", is used in Judith and is a Jewish one.

"Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.'' (Judith 16:17)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 cannot, though it is often a way which we should not have thought of. He can send an angel to take his tempted people by the hand; he can interpose and destroy the power of the tempter; he can raise up earthly friends; he can deliver his people completely and forever from temptation, by their removal to heaven.

And to reserve the unjust - As he does the rebel angels, 2 Peter 2:4. The case of the angels shows that God can keep wicked men, as if under bonds, reserved for their final trial at his bar. Though they seem to go at large, yet they are under his control, and are kept by him with reference to their ultimate arraignment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 goodness led him as forcibly to save righteous Lot, as his justice did to destroy the rebellious in the instances already adduced. And the design of the apostle in producing these examples is to show to the people to whom he was writing that, although God would destroy those false teachers, yet he would powerfully save his faithful servants from their contagion and from their destruction. We should carefully observe, 1. That the godly man is not to be preserved from temptation. 2. That he will be preserved in temptation. 3. That he will be delivered out of it.