9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver (rescue) the godly out of temptations (a putting to the test, proof, trial), and to reserve (keep an eye upon, maintain) the unjust unto the (a) day of judgment to be punished:
2 Peter 1:2-3
2 Grace (God’s loving disposition) and peace (the state of undisturbed well being) be multiplied (make you full) unto you through (through the instrument of) the knowledge (a true and personal relationship and heed the advice) of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine (godly) power (inherent power: power of reproducing itself) hath (are) given unto us all (as to) things that pertain unto (for) life and godliness (relates to a real, true, vital, and spiritual relation with God), through (with the purpose of) the knowledge (epignosis: true and personal relationship and heed the advice) of him that hath called us to glory and virtue (superiority: that which gives man his worth, his efficiency, his moral excellence, his quality):
