2 Peter 2:4-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:3-6

Men are apt to think that a reprieve is the forerunner of a pardon, and that if judgment be not speedily executed it is, or will be, certainly reversed. But the apostle tells us that how successful and prosperous soever false teachers may be, and that for a time, yet their judgment lingereth not. God has determined long ago how he will deal with them. Such unbelievers, who endeavour to turn others from the faith, are condemned already, and the wrath of God abideth on them. The righteous Judge... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7-9

When God sends destruction on the ungodly, he commands deliverance for the righteous; and, if he rain fire and brimstone on the wicked, he will cover the head of the just, and they shall be hid in the day of his anger. This we have an instance of in his preserving Lot. Here observe, 1. The character given of Lot; he is called a just man; this he was as to the generally prevailing bent of his heart and through the main of his conversation. God does not account men just or unjust from one single... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:4-11

2:4-11 If God did not spare even angels who had sinned, but condemned them to the lowest hell and committed them to the pits of darkness, where they remain kept for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved in safety Noah, the preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he despatched the flood on a world of impious men; if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, when he sentenced them to destruction and so gave an example of what would happen to those... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:4-11

2 Peter 2:9-11 give us a picture of the evil man. Peter with a few swift, vivid strokes of the pen paints the outstanding characteristics of him who may properly be called the bad man. (i) He is the desire-dominated man. His life is dominated by the lusts of the flesh. Such a man is guilty of two sins. (a) Every man has two sides to his nature. He has a physical side; he has instincts, passions and impulses which he shares with the animal creation. These instincts are good--if they are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

For if God spared not the angels that sinned ..... By whom are meant the devil and his angels; who are spirits created by God and as such were good; their first estate which they left was pure and holy, as well as high and honourable; they, were at first in the truth, though they abode not in it; they were once among the morning stars and sons of God, and were angels of light; their numbers are many, and therefore are here expressed in the plural number, "angels", though it cannot be said... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:5

And spared not the old world ,.... In distinction from the present world, that now is; which was, as it were, formed anew out of that which was destroyed by the deluge. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the original world"; and the Ethiopic version, "the first world"; it designs the ancient inhabitants of the world, as it was from the beginning, before the flood; who, being wicked, were not spared by God, but had just punishment inflicted on them: but saved Noah the eighth person ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes ,.... By raining brimstone and fire upon them from heaven, Genesis 19:24 which soon reduced them to ashes, with Admah and Zeboiim, Deuteronomy 29:25 , cities delightfully situated, which were as the garden of God, and the land of Egypt, together with the inhabitants of them; and after they had received a signal mercy, in being rescued by Abraham from the kings who had carried them captive; and though Abraham, the friend of God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7

And delivered just Lot ,.... Who was a just man, being justified by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; and having the new man formed in him, which is created in righteousness and true holiness; and living soberly, righteously, and godly, though not without sin: for there is not a just man that lives and sinneth not; this righteous man was delivered from the burning of Sodom by the means of angels, Genesis 19:16 . The Jews are very injurious to this good man's character, and give a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:8

For that righteous man dwelling among them ,.... Which is sometimes the lot of good men, to their great sorrow and grief, Psalm 120:5 . Upon mentioning those words in Genesis 13:12 "and pitched his tent towards Sodom", but the men of Sodom were wicked, &c.; says R. Eleazar F9 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 38. 2. ; "he is a righteous man that dwells between two wicked men, and does not learn their works;' and such an one was Lot, whatever they are elsewhere pleased to say of him: "in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:9

That "fear him", as the Syriac version renders it; or that "rightly worship", as the Arabic; such as Noah and Lot, men that know God in Christ spiritually and experimentally; that believe in him, love him, fear him, worship him in spirit and truth, and live soberly, righteously, and godly. This verse is a conclusion from the preceding instances and examples, respecting both the mercy and justice of God; the mercy of God in delivering the godly and righteous "out of temptations"; by which are... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:3-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:4-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:4-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:9

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