1. 2 Peter 2:9 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean that the Lord knows how to rescue godly men and keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment?

2 Peter 2:9 (ESV)

9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

God knowing is not a statement of cognition (understanding) but a declaration of ability (Matthew 7:11; Luke 11:13; Philippians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:4; 1 Timothy 3:5; James 4:17).1