2 Peter 2:5-7 WEB

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 2:5

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

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

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:7

And delivered just Lot - Genesis 19:16. This case is incidentally referred to, to show that God makes a distinction between the righteous and the wicked; and that while the latter will be destroyed, the former will be saved. See 2 Peter 2:9. Lot is called “just,” because he preserved himself uncontaminated amidst the surrounding wickedness. As long as he lived in Sodom he maintained the character of an upright and holy man.Vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked - By the corrupt and... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:6-8

2 Peter 2:6-8. And turning the cities of Sodom, &c., into ashes When the inhabitants of those places were sunk into the lowest degeneracy; and condemned them with an overthrow Punished them with utter destruction, both of their persons and habitations; making them an ensample Not an example to be imitated, but an example to be avoided, as the word υποδειγμα , here used, signifies. Hence Jude, to express the same idea, uses the word δειγμα . And delivered just Lot By the miraculous... 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 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:7

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:7

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:6-8

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