2 Peter 2:6

and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, making them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way;

Text-Critical English NT

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And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

In Context

5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

7and if he rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the sensual conduct of the lawless

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

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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