if he did not spare the ancient world, but (A)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (B)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by (C)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (D)making them an example of (E)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a] and (F)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (G)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then (H)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[b] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (I)those who indulge[c] in the lust of defiling passion and (J)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (K)as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
  2. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
  3. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh

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