ACC ~ 2 Peter 2 v9

THE UNRIGHTEOUS UNDER PUNISHMENT. BEDE: Peter says that the punishment of the wicked is kept in reserve until the day of judgment, not because they are not already receiving punishment for their sins, even before that day, but because then their punishment will be much greater. The reason for this is that at the last judgment they will be punished in their resurrected bodies, whereas now they are suffering only in their souls. ON 2 PETER.

UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. OECUMENIUS: Peter knows that God will deliver the godly from their trials and afflictions and that the ungodly are being preserved only to face their punishment on the day of judgment. Notice how all along he has been using the examples of wicked people in order to reinforce the message that the deliverance of the righteous is foreordained and thereby to comfort those who emulate the righteous by showing that they are much better off than the ungodly. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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