2 Peter 2:6-10
English Standard Version
6 if by (A)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (B)making them an example of (C)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a] 7 and (D)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (E)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then (F)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[b] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (G)those who indulge[c] in the lust of defiling passion and (H)despise authority.
Bold and willful, they do not tremble (I)as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
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- 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
- 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
- 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh
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