New Living Translation
2 Peter 2:5
5And 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.
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
3In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed. 4For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment. 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. 6Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. 7But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
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
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 6:1Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
- Job 22:15“Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
- Matthew 24:37“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
- Luke 17:26“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
- Hebrews 11:7It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Genesis 7:1When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.
- 1 Peter 3:20those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.
- 1 Peter 3:19So he went and preached to the spirits in prison—
- Jude 1:14Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones
- 2 Peter 3:6Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
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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