2 Peter 2:7

and he delivered righteous Lot who was worn out by the lascivious life of the wicked

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, thus holding them up as a warning to all who would live ungodly;

8(for that righteous man, living among them, tormented his righteous soul in seeing and hearing, day after day, their lawless deeds),

Read all of 2 Peter 2

Cross References

2 Peter 3:17Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Peter 2:7