2 Peter 2:5

and spared not the old world, but kept Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood on the world of ungodly men,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 spared not angels, having sinned, but casting them down to hell delivered them over to chains of darkness[2:4], reserved unto judgment;

6and turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah condemned them to overthrow, having made them an example of those who should afterward live ungodly;

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Cross References

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

1 Peter 3:19in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

Jude 1:14Yea, and of these Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, saying: Behold, the 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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