Verse 6
Peter’s third example was the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. God already demonstrated that He would judge ungodly sinners with fire when he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. The ungodly from then on should not expect to escape the same fate. They too will be subject to fiery judgment. God delivered Lot and his family before He brought fiery judgment on his world (cf. the pretribulation rapture; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10).
"Undoubtedly the author sees the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire as a pattern for the fiery judgment of the ungodly at the Parousia (2 Peter 3:7)." [Note: Ibid., p. 252.]
"It has well been said that if God spares today’s cities from judgment, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." [Note: Wiersbe, 2:451.]
All three of Peter’s examples (2 Peter 2:4-6) deal with unbelievers. These were the primary focus of Peter’s warning. If there were some believers among the false teachers, Peter undoubtedly intended that they should take these warnings to heart even though they would not suffer the same eternal judgment as unbelievers.
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