2 Peter 2:4-6 NLT

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:5

Verse 5 5.The old world. The import of what he says is, that God, after having drowned the human race, formed again as it were a new world. This is also an argument from the greater to the less; for how can the wicked escape the deluge of divine wrath, since the whole world was once destroyed by it? For by saying that eight only were saved, he intimates that a multitude would not be a shield against God to protect the wicked; but that as many as sin shall be punished, be they few or many in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:6

Verse 6 6The cities of Sodom. This was so memorable an example of Divine vengeance, that when the Scripture speaks of the universal destruction of the ungodly, it alludes commonly to this as the type. Hence Peter says, that these cities were made an example. This may, indeed, be truly said of others; but Peter points out something singular, because it was the chief and a lively image; yea, rather, because the Lord designed that his wrath against the ungodly should be made known to all ages; as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

For if God spared not the angels that sinned; rather, angels when they sinned ; there is no article. St. Peter is giving proofs of his assertion that the punishment of the ungodly lingereth not. The first is the punishment of angels that sinned. He does not specify the sin, whether rebellion, as in Revelation 12:7 ; or uncleanness, as apparently in Jud Revelation 1:6 , Revelation 1:7 , and Genesis 6:4 . Formally, there is an anacoluthon here, but in thought we have the apodosis in ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:5

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person; rather, as in the Revised Version, the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others. "The eighth" is a common classical idiom (generally with the pronoun αὐτός ) for a with seven others." Mark the close parallelism with 1 Peter 3:20 , where, as here, the apostle impresses upon his readers the fewness of the saved. A preacher of righteousness. The Old Testament narrative does not directly assert this; but "a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow. The striking word τεφρώσας , turning into ashes, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament; and the word for "overthrow" ( καταστροφή ) only in 2 Timothy 2:14 . It is used in the Septuagint Version of Genesis 19:29 of this same judgment. Perhaps "to an overthrow" is a better translation (comp. Luke 17:26-29 ; Jud Luke 1:7 ). Making them an ensample unto those that after should live... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:4

For if God spared not the angels that sinned - The apostle now proceeds to the proof of the proposition that these persons would be punished. It is to be remembered that they had been, or were even then, professing Christians, though they had really, if not in form, apostatized from the faith 2 Peter 2:20-22, and a part of the proofs, therefore, are derived from the cases of those who had apostatized from the service of God. He appeals, therefore, to the case of the angels that had revolted.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:5

And spared not the old world - The world before the flood. The argument here is, that he cut off that wicked race, and thus showed that he would punish the guilty. By that awful act of sweeping away the inhabitants of a world, he showed that people could not sin with impunity, and that the incorrigibly wicked must perish.But saved Noah the eighth person - This reference to Noah, like the reference to Lot in 2 Peter 2:7, seems to have been thrown in in the progress of the argument as an... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:6

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes - Genesis 19:24-25. This is a third example to demonstrate that God will punish the wicked. Compare the notes at Jude 1:7. The word here rendered “turning into ashes” τεφρωσας tephrōsas, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It is from τέφρα tefra, ashes, and means to reduce to ashes, and then to consume or destroy.Condemned them with an overthrow - By the fact of their being overthrown, he showed that they were to be condemned, or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:4

2 Peter 2:4. For if Or since, as ει γαρ may be here rendered; God spared not the angels that sinned “The angels seem to have been placed originally in a state of trial. Those who stood are called in Scripture, the holy angels. The sin of the angels is spoken of likewise, John 8:44, and Jude, 2 Peter 2:6, as a thing well known. Perhaps it was handed down by tradition from Adam and Eve, for the memory of it seems to have been preserved among the heathens in the fable of the Titans... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:5

2 Peter 2:5. And spared not the old The antediluvian; world, but saved Noah Interposed amidst the general ruin for the preservation of one good man and his family; the eighth person, a preacher, &c. Bishop Pearson translates this clause, the eighth preacher of righteousness; supposing that Enoch, (Genesis 5:24,) from whom Noah was descended, was the first preacher of righteousness, and that all the intermediate persons were likewise preachers thereof, and that Christ preached by... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:5

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