2 Peter 2:5

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 Living Translation (NLT)And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.

Context of 2 Peter 2:5

3By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. 4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 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; 6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked

2 Peter 2:5 word by word

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 came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
• Job 22:15Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod,
• Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
• 1 Peter 3:20who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
• 1 Peter 3:19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
• Jude 1:14Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
• 2 Peter 3:6by which the world that then existed perished, 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

Topics related to 2 Peter 2:5

• Antediluvians
• Doctrines
• Flood
• Herald
• Minister, Christian
• Preaching
• Wicked (People)
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Noah
• Ark
• Chain
• Damnable
• Deluge
• Perish
• Privily
• Railing
• Reserve
• Riot

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