The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
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Since these two Epistles are concerned with the government of God, the (judgment) of God and of the Lord is referred to repeatedly (2:23; 4:5-6, 17; 2 Pet. 2:3-4, 9; 3:7) as one of the main items. God's judgment began from the angels (2 Pet. 2:3-4) and passed through the generations of man in the Old Testament (2 Pet. 2:5-9). In the New Testament age it begins from the (house) of God (v. 17; 2:23; 4:6, 17) and continues until the coming of the day of the Lord. (See 1 Pet. 1:17 note 2)
Tomorrow: The Lord Does not Delay regarding the Promise