New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 2:6
6and if He 1condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an 2example to those who would 3live ungodly lives thereafter;
2 Peter 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- New International Version (NIV)if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
- English Standard Version (ESV)if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
- New King James Version (NKJV)and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
Context of 2 Peter 2:6
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; 5and 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; and 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 8(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
Read all of 2 Peter 22 Peter 2:6 word by word
καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων τεθεικώς,Read the interlinear
- condemnedκατακρίνωkatakrinō · to condemnG2632
- the citiesπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- of SodomΣόδομαSodoma · SodomG4670
- and GomorrahΓόμορραGomorrha · GomorrahG1116
- to destructionκαταστροφήkatastrophē · ruinG2692
- by reducingτεφρόωtephroō · to turn to ashesG5077
- having madeτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
- exampleὑπόδειγμαhupodeigma · exampleG5262
- to those who wouldμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
- liveἀσεβέωasebeō · be ungodlyG764
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:6
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,
- Deuteronomy 29:23‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
- Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 50:40As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord, “No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it.
- Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.
- Hosea 11:8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled.
- Amos 4:11“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”
- Luke 17:28It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
- Jude 1:7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
- Numbers 26:10and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The cities of Sodom and Gomorrha - See the notes on Genesis 19 (note), for an account of the sin and punishment of these cities. Making them an ensample - These three words, ̔, , and , are used to express the same idea; though the former may signify an example to be shunned, the second an example to be followed, and the third a simple exhibition. But these differences are not always observed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And 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” tephrōsasoccurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It is from ́ 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The third example of judgment is that God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The people in these cities were very evil, so God sent sulfur and fire from the sky to destroy them (Genesis 19:24). Peter focuses on the result of this action: The cities were turned into heaps of ashes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. with, &c.--"TO overthrow" [Alford]. ensample--"of (the fate that should befall) those who in after-time should live ungodly." Compare Jude 7, "set forth for an example."Read the comment
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- 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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