2 Peter 2:6-9
English Standard Version Anglicised
6 if by (A)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (B)making them an example of (C)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a] 7 and (D)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (E)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then (F)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[b] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgement,
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- 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
- 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
2 Peter 2:6-9
Authorized (King James) Version
6 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; 7 and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
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2 Peter 2:6-9
New International Version
6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(A) and made them an example(B) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(C) 7 and if he rescued Lot,(D) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(E) 8 (for that righteous man,(F) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(G) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(H)
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