2 Peter

2 Peter 2:5–9

5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; 6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction,b reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;c 7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

Footnotes

  • b 2:6 WH does not include to destruction.
  • c 2:6 Or on future generations of the ungodly

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2 Peter 2:5

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
He did not spareἐφείσατοepheisatoVerb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularG5339 I spare, abstain
ancientἀρχαίουarchaiouAdjective - Genitive Masculine SingularG744 original, primitive, ancient
worldκόσμουkosmouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG2889 the world, universe
when He broughtἐπάξαςepaxasVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG1863 I bring upon
floodκατακλυσμὸνkataklysmonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG2627 a deluge, flood
ungodlyἀσεβῶνasebōnAdjective - Genitive Masculine PluralG765 impious, ungodly, wicked
butἀλλὰallaConjunctionG235 but, except
preservedἐφύλαξενephylaxenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG5442 I keep, guard, observe
NoahΝῶεNōeNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG3575 Noah
a preacherκήρυκαkērykaNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG2783 a herald, preacher
of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosynēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1343 justice, justness, righteousness
among the eightὄγδοονogdoonAdjective - Accusative Masculine SingularG3590 eighth

2 Peter 2:6

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
He condemnedκατέκρινενkatekrinenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG2632 I condemn
citiesπόλειςpoleisNoun - Accusative Feminine PluralG4172 a city
of SodomΣοδόμωνSodomōnNoun - Genitive Neuter PluralG4670 Sodom
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
GomorrahΓομόρραςGomorrasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1116 Gomorrah
to destructionκαταστροφῇkatastrophēNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG2692 overthrow, destruction
reducingτεφρώσαςtephrōsasVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG5077 I reduce to ashes
an exampleὑπόδειγμαhypodeigmaNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularG5262 a figure, copy, example
of what is coming onμελλόντωνmellontōnVerb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter PluralG3195 I am about to
the ungodlyἀσεβέσινasebesinAdjective - Dative Masculine PluralG765 impious, ungodly, wicked

2 Peter 2:7

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
He rescuedἐρρύσατοerrysatoVerb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularG4506 I rescue
LotΛὼτLōtNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG3091 Lot
a righteousδίκαιονdikaionAdjective - Accusative Masculine SingularG1342 just, righteous, impartial
distressedκαταπονούμενονkataponoumenonVerb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine SingularG2669 I ill-treat
byὑπὸhypoPrepositionG5259 by, under, about
theτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
depravedἀσελγείᾳaselgeiaNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG766 wantonness, lewdness
conductἀναστροφῆςanastrophēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG391 behavior, manner of life
of theτῶνtōnArticle - Genitive Masculine PluralG3588 the
lawlessἀθέσμωνathesmōnAdjective - Genitive Masculine PluralG113 lawless

2 Peter 2:8

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
forγὰρgarConjunctionG1063 for
thatὁhoArticle - Nominative Masculine SingularG3588 the
righteousδίκαιοςdikaiosAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularG1342 just, righteous, impartial
livingἐνκατοικῶνenkatoikōnVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG1460 I dwell in, among
amongἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
themαὐτοῖςautoisPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
dayἡμέρανhēmeranNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG2250 a day
afterἐξexPrepositionG1537 from out, out from among, from
dayἡμέραςhēmerasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG2250 a day
was tormentedἐβασάνιζενebasanizenVerb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG928 I torment, torture, buffet
righteousδικαίανdikaianAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularG1342 just, righteous, impartial
soulψυχὴνpsychēnNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG5590 the soul, life, self
lawlessἀνόμοιςanomoisAdjective - Dative Neuter PluralG459 lawless, sinful, illegal
deedsἔργοιςergoisNoun - Dative Neuter PluralG2041 work, labor, action, deed
he sawβλέμματιblemmatiNoun - Dative Neuter SingularG990 look, the faculty of looking
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
heardἀκοῇakoēNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG189 hearing, faculty of hearing, ear

2 Peter 2:9

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
LordΚύριοςKyriosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2962 lord, Lord, master, sir
knows howοἶδενoidenVerb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1492 I know, remember
to rescueῥύεσθαιrhyesthaiVerb - Present Infinitive Middle or PassiveG4506 I rescue
godlyεὐσεβεῖςeusebeisAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralG2152 pious, God-fearing
fromἐκekPrepositionG1537 from out, out from among, from
trialsπειρασμοῦpeirasmouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG3986 trial, testing, temptation
andδὲdeConjunctionG1161 but, on the other hand, and
to holdτηρεῖνtēreinVerb - Present Infinitive ActiveG5083 I keep, guard, observe
unrighteousἀδίκουςadikousAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralG94 unjust, unrighteous
for punishmentκολαζομένουςkolazomenousVerb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine PluralG2849 I chastise, punish
onεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
dayἡμέρανhēmeranNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG2250 a day
of judgmentκρίσεωςkriseōsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG2920 judging, divine judgment

Cross-references

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2 Peter 2:5 Hebrews 11:7 · 2 Peter 3:6 · Jude 1:14–15 · Luke 17:26–27 · Matthew 24:37–39 · Genesis 7:1–24 · 1 Peter 3:19–20

2 Peter 2:6 Jude 1:7 · Luke 17:28–30 · Deuteronomy 29:23 · Genesis 19:24–25 · Numbers 26:10 · Zephaniah 2:9 · Jeremiah 50:40 · 1 Corinthians 10:11 · Isaiah 13:19 · Ezekiel 16:49–56 · Hosea 11:8 · Amos 4:11

2 Peter 2:7 Genesis 19:16 · Genesis 19:29 · Genesis 19:7–8 · Genesis 19:22 · Genesis 13:13 · Jeremiah 23:9 · Jeremiah 9:1–6 · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · 2 Peter 3:17

2 Peter 2:8 Psalm 119:158 · Psalm 119:136 · Ezekiel 9:4 · 1 Timothy 1:9 · Proverbs 25:26

2 Peter 2:9 Psalm 34:15–19 · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Revelation 3:10 · Jude 1:14–15 · 2 Timothy 3:12 · 2 Peter 3:7 · 2 Corinthians 5:10–11 · Job 5:19 · Proverbs 16:4 · 2 Peter 2:4 · Romans 2:5 · Psalm 4:3

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