2 Peter 2:4-10
Legacy Standard Bible
4 For (A)if God did not spare angels who sinned, but cast them into the [a]pit and (B)delivered them to chains of darkness, being kept for judgment; 5 and did not spare (C)the ancient world, but preserved (D)Noah, a [b]preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a (E)flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and if He (F)condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an (G)example to those who would (H)live ungodly lives thereafter; 7 and if He (I)rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the (J)sensual conduct of (K)unprincipled men 8 (for by what he saw and heard that (L)righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), 9 (M)then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from [c]trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the (N)day of judgment, 10 and especially those who (O)go after the flesh in its corrupt lust and (P)despise authority.
Daring, (Q)self-willed, they do not tremble when they (R)blaspheme [d]glorious ones,
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Gr tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:5 Or herald
- 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptation
- 2 Peter 2:10 Angels
2 Peter 2:4-10
New Living Translation
4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell,[a] in gloomy pits of darkness,[b] where they are being held until the day of judgment. 5 And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood. 6 Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. 7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. 9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment. 10 He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority.
These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings[c] without so much as trembling.
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