2 Peter 2:5

and he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness, when he brought on a flood upon the world of the irreverent,

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In The King James Version

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

In Context

4For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

6and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,

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Cross References

Genesis 6:1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Job 22:15Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Luke 17:26And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of man.

1 Peter 3:19in which also, having gone, he preached to the spirits in prison

Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, Lord came with his holy myriads,

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:2-7

False Prophets and Corrupt Leaders. ( a. d. 67.) 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you— I. In the end of the former chapter there is… Read the whole commentary →

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