2 Peter 2:7

and He rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct of the lawless in licentiousness,

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In The King James Version

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

In Context

6and having turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned with an overthrow, having set [them as] an example to those about to be impious,

8for the righteous [man] dwelling among them was tormented in [his] righteous soul, day by day, in seeing and hearing unlawful works—

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Cross References

Genesis 19:7and says, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil;

Genesis 19:22hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until your entering there”; therefore he calls the name of the city Zoar.

Psalms 120:5Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, || I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Jeremiah 23:9In reference to the prophets: My heart has been broken in my midst, || All my bones have fluttered, || I have been as a man—a drunkard, || And as a man—wine has passed over him, || Because of YHWH, and of His holy words.

2 Peter 3:17You, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, you may fall from your own steadfastness,

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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