2 Peter 2:6

and having destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, with a catastrophe he condemned them, having put them forth as an example to those about to be ungodly:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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 spared not the old world, but delivered Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, brings the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

7and he delivered righteous Lot, being grieved by the deportment of the ungodly in their debauchery:

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:11But these things happened unto them as examples; and were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have descended.

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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