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Nor did he spare the ancient world,[a] even though he saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, one of eight, when he brought a flood upon the world with its godless people.

God also reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, thereby condemning them to total ruin and making them an example of what awaited the ungodly. However, he rescued Lot, an upright man who was sickened by the licentiousness of the lawless society in which he lived

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  1. 2 Peter 2:5 The ancient world: the world before the Flood.

if he did not spare the ancient world(A) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(B) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(C) if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(D) and made them an example(E) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(F) and if he rescued Lot,(G) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(H)

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