2 Peter 2:7
in 2 Peter 2and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
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ASV
and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked
KJV
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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This verse in 2 Peter 2
Commentary
11 notes on this verseBy rescuing Lot the Lord made clear that he does not abandon those who hope in him but that he hands those who turn away over to punishment and torture.
This site's exposition
condemned them with an overthrow
on 2 Peter 2:6-8
Sodom and Gomorrha are turned to ashes, tephrosas, reduced to cinder, and condemned with an overthrow, katastrophe, the word for a total ruin, set up as an ensample, hypodeigma, a specimen displayed for every ungodly generation after to read. Just Lot is named across these verses as delivered, vexed, and righteous, his soul worn down day by day by the filthy conversation of the wicked around him, a life he could not escape and would not join. The pairing matters for the letter's argument, that God judges the world and rescues the righteous inside it in the same act, exactly the pattern Noah's flood already set.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Clement of RomeClement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 11 · Written before 99.
proposed
On account of his hospitality and godliness, Lot was saved out of Sodom when all the country round was punished by means of fire and brimstone, the Lord thus making it manifest that He does not forsake those that hope in Him, but gives up such as depart from Him to punishment and torture. [Genesis 19:15-26, 2 Peter 2:6-9] For Lot's wife, who went forth with him, being of a different mind from himself, and not continuing in agreement with him [as to the command which had been given them], was made an example of, so as to be a pillar of salt unto this day. This was done that all might know that those who are of a double mind, and who distrust the power of God, bring down judgment on themselves and become a sign to all succeeding generations.
Peter adds the story of Lot to his other examples in order to teach us that it is possible to avoid doing evil and thus to escape from the punishment which they will receive.
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them into chains of gloomy Tartarus10, delivering them to be kept for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought …
The Medieval Church2 voices
And just Lot, oppressed, etc. Indeed, the holy man was tormented by both the unjust deeds and words of his neighbors; seeing these things daily, he was not able to correct them at all; but nevertheless, he conducted himself so prudently that neither by witnessing …
Not without reason does the apostle begin with believers, who are more honorable, but he wishes to show that they are liable to greater condemnation for their sins. They have the advantage of being the first called to apostleship. Therefore, for going astray from the …
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And delivered just Lot,.... Who was a just man, being justified by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; and having the new man formed in him, which is created in righteousness and true holiness; and living soberly, righteously, and godly, though not without sin: for there is not a just man that lives and sinneth not; this righteous man was delivered from the burning of Sodom by the means of angels, Gen 19:
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And delivered just Lot - Gen 19:16. This case is incidentally referred to, to show that God makes a distinction between the righteous and the wicked; and that while the latter will be destroyed, the former will be saved. See 2Pe 2:9. Lot is called “just,” because he preserved himself uncontaminated amidst the surrounding wickedness. As long as he lived in Sodom he maintained the character of an upright and holy man. Vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked - By the corrupt and licentious conduct of the wicked around him.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
just--righteous. filthy conversation--literally, "behavior in licentiousness" (Ge 19:5). the wicked--Greek, "lawless": who set at defiance the laws of nature, as well as man and God. The Lord reminds us of Lot's faithfulness, but not of his sin in the cave: so in Rahab's case.
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Vexed with the filthy conversation - Καταπονουμενον ὑπο της των αθεσμων εν ασελγεια αναστροφης· Being exceedingly pained with the unclean conduct of those lawless persons. What this was, see in the history, Genesis 19., and the notes there.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| δίκαιον | dikaion | righteous | G1342 → | 79 times |
| Λὼτ | lot | Lot | G3091 → | |
| καταπονούμενον | kataponoumenon | being distressed | G2669 → | |
| ὑπὸ | hupo | by | G5259 → | 219 times |
| τῆς | tes | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀθέσμων | athesmon | lawless | G113 → | |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ἀσελγείᾳ | aselgeia | sensuality | G766 → | 10 times |
| ἀναστροφῆς | anastrophes | conduct | G391 → | |
| ἐρρύσατο· | errusato | He rescued; | G4506 → |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
δίκαιονrighteous
dikaionG1342 →79 times
ΛὼτLot
lotG3091 →
καταπονούμενονbeing distressed
kataponoumenonG2669 →
ὑπὸby
hupoG5259 →219 times
τῆςthe
tesG3588 →19766 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀθέσμωνlawless
athesmonG113 →
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ἀσελγείᾳsensuality
aselgeiaG766 →10 times
ἀναστροφῆςconduct
anastrophesG391 →
ἐρρύσατο·He rescued;
errusatoG4506 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
it leads to
- Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
- Genesis 14:2
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
- Exodus 32:10
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Genesis 32:25–28
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
- Genesis 13:10
Through
Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
it leads to
- Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- Genesis 18:23–33
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 8:1
Through
Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:10
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- 2 Peter 2:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Clement of Rome, LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 11.1; Clement of Rome, Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 11; Hesychius of Jerusalem, CATENA; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on 2 Peter and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Peter.