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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 2:7

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:7

Vexed with the filthy conversation - Καταπονουμενον ὑπο της των αθεσμων εν ασελγεια αναστροφης· Being exceedingly pained with the unclean conduct of those lawless persons. What this was, see in the history, Genesis 19., and the notes there. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:8

That righteous man dwelling among them - Lot, after his departure from Abraham, A. M. 2086, lived at Sodom till A. M. 2107, a space of about twenty years; and, as he had a righteous soul, he must have been tormented with the abominations of that people from day to day. The word εβασανιζεν , tormented, is not less emphatic than the word καταπονουμενον , grievously pained, in the preceding verse, and shows what this man must have felt in dwelling so long among a people so abandoned. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:8

Verse 8 8.In seeing and hearing. The common explanation is, that Lot was just in his eyes and ears, because all his senses abhorred the crimes of Sodom. However, another view may be taken of his seeing and hearing, so as to make this the meaning, that when the just man lived among the Sodomites, he tormented his soul by seeing and hearing; for we know that he was constrained to see and hear many things which greatly vexed his mind. The purport of what is said then is, that though the holy man... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked; literally, and delivered righteous Lot, who was being worn out ( καταπονούμενον ; comp. Acts 7:24 , the only other place of the New Testament where the word occurs) with the behaviour of the lawless in licentiousness. The word translated "lawless" ( ἀθέσμων ) is found only in one other place of the New Testament ( 2 Peter 3:17 ); but it is near akin to the ἀθεμίτοις ("abominable") of 1 Peter... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:8

For that righteous man dwelling among them; literally, for the righteous man. It was through his own choice that he dwelt among the people of Sodom. The recollection of this grave mistake must have added bitterness to the daily distress caused by the sins of his neighbours ( Genesis 13:11 ). In seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds. The words, "in seeing and hearing," are best connected with the verb that follows, not with "righteous"... read more

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