New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 2:5
5and did not spare 1the ancient world, but preserved 2Noah, a 3preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a 4flood 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 words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. 4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought 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, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men
Read all of 2 Peter 22 Peter 2:5 word by word
καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλ᾽ ὄγδοον Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας,Read the interlinear
- and did not spareφείδομαιpheidomai · to spareG5339
- the ancientἀρχαῖοςarchaios · ancientG744
- worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- but preservedφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
- NoahΝῶεNōe · NoahG3575
- preacherκῆρυξkērux · preacherG2783
- of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
- with sevenὄγδοοςogdoos · eighthG3590
- when He broughtἐπάγωepagō · to bring uponG1863
- floodκατακλυσμόςkataklusmos · floodG2627
- of the ungodlyἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:5
- Genesis 6:1Now it came about, 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 Which wicked men have trod,
- Matthew 24:37For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
- Luke 17:26And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.
- 1 Peter 3:20who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
- 1 Peter 3:19in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
- Jude 1:14It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
- 2 Peter 3:6through which the world at that time was destroyed, 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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Notes
- 1. 2 Peter 2:5 Ezek 26:20; 2 Pet 3:6 ↩
- 2. 2 Peter 2:5 Gen 6:8, 9; 1 Pet 3:20 ↩
- 3. 2 Peter 2:5 Or herald ↩
- 4. 2 Peter 2:5 2 Pet 3:6 ↩
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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