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2 Peter 2:5
5and if He did not spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought [the judgment of] a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- New International Version (NIV)if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
- English Standard Version (ESV)if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- New King James Version (NKJV)and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
Context of 2 Peter 2:5
3And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way]. 4For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment; and if He did not spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought [the judgment of] a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 7and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men
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καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλ᾽ ὄγδοον Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- sparedφείδομαιpheidomai · to spareG5339
- notοὐou · noG3756
- theκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- oldἀρχαῖοςarchaios · ancientG744
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- savedφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
- NoahΝῶεNōe · NoahG3575
- the eighthὄγδοοςogdoos · eighthG3590
- a preacherκῆρυξkērux · preacherG2783
- of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
- bringing inἐπάγωepagō · to bring uponG1863
- the floodκατακλυσμόςkataklusmos · floodG2627
- of the ungodlyἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:5
- Genesis 6:1Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
- Job 22:15Will you keep to the ancient path That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],
- Matthew 24:37For the coming of the Son of Man (the Messiah) will be just like the days of Noah.
- Luke 17:26And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man:
- Hebrews 11:7By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
- Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
- 1 Peter 3:20who once were disobedient, when the great patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons [Noah’s family], were brought safely through the water.
- 1 Peter 3:19in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,
- Jude 1:14It was about these people that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with myriads of His holy ones
- 2 Peter 3:6through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Spared not the old world - The apostle's argument is this: If God spared not the rebellious angels, nor the sinful antediluvians, nor the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he will not spare those wicked teachers who corrupt the pure doctrines of Christianity. Saved Noah the eighth - Some think that the words should be translated, Noah the eighth preacher of righteousness; but it seems most evident, from 1 Peter 3:20, that eight persons are here meant, which…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The second example of judgment is that God did not spare the ancient world during the time of Noah. In the great flood, God destroyed all human life except for Noah and his family (see Genesis 6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. eighth--that is, Noah, and seven others. Contrasted with the densely peopled "world of the ungodly." preacher--not only "righteous" himself (compare 2Pe 2:8), but also "a preacher of righteousness": adduced by Peter against the licentiousness of the false teachers (2Pe 2:2) who have no prospect before them but destruction, even as it overtook the ungodly world in Noah's days.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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