2 Peter 2:6

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 God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into Sheol. He put them in chains of gloomy darkness, to be held until the judgment. 5He did not spare the ancient world. He preserved only Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, along with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly. He devastated the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes—making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly. 7He rescued Lot, a righteous man deeply troubled by the shameless immorality of the wicked. 8(For that righteous man, while living among them, was tormented in his righteous soul day after day by lawless deeds he saw and heard.)

2 Peter 2:6 word by word

καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων τεθεικώς,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• turningτεφρόωtephroō · to turn to ashesG5077
• the citiesπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• of SodomΣόδομαSodoma · SodomG4670
• GomorrhaΓόμορραGomorrha · GomorrahG1116
• condemnedκατακρίνωkatakrinō · to condemnG2632
• with an overthrowκαταστροφήkatastrophē · ruinG2692
• makingτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• an ensampleὑπόδειγμαhupodeigma · exampleG5262
• unto those that after shouldμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• live ungodlyἀσεβέωasebeō · be ungodlyG764

Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:6

• Genesis 19:24and Adonai rained sulfur and fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah from Adonai out of the sky.
• Deuteronomy 29:23“All the nations will say, ‘Why has Adonai done this to this land? Why this great burning anger?’
• Isaiah 13:19So Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of Chaldean pride, will be just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 50:40As when Elohim overthrew Sodom, Gomorrah and their neighbor towns” —it is a declaration of Adonai— so no man will live there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• Hosea 11:8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turning over within Me. My compassions are kindled.
• Amos 4:11I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You became like a firebrand snatched from a blaze— yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Adonai.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai-Tzva’ot God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom and Ammon like Gomorrah— a possession of weeds and a salt pit, a perpetual wasteland. The remainder of My people will plunder them. The remnant of My nation will dispossess them.
• Luke 17:28“It was just the same in the days of Lot. They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.
• Jude 1:7In the same way as these angels, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them—having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after a different sort of flesh—are displayed as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
• Numbers 26:10Then the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed the 250 men, these men serving as a warning.
• 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as an example, and it was written down as a warning to us—on 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

Topics related to 2 Peter 2:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doctrines
• Gomorrah
• Minister, Christian
• Sodom
• Wicked (People)

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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