Verse 9
9. The conclusion from for if, of 2 Peter 2:4.
The Lord knoweth how And has both the power and will to do it, as he has showed.
To deliver As he did Noah and Lot, and as he always will his faithful people.
Temptation Any state of trial into which they are brought, by which their faith and obedience are proved. No exemption from temptation is promised; but we have the pledge of safety in it, and deliverance out of it. The Lord knoweth, also, equally well, with the same power and will, how to reserve the unrighteous, keeping them in custody unto the day of judgment, when their doom will be judicially pronounced.
To be punished Better, Under punishment, as the rich man in hades, (Luke 16:23,) and the fallen angels, (2 Peter 2:4,) in a penal state, and awaiting full and final punishment in the great day. Such terms exclude the possibility of a second day of grace after death.
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