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2 Peter 2:7

Lot
Mercy and compassionProtection and safety

5 if 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;

6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

and 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)—

9 if 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
KJV
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
WEB
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
ASV
and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked
DARBY
and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
BLB
and He delivered righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct in sensuality of the lawless
ÅB
og han frelste den rettferdige Lot, som ble plaget av de ugudeliges skamløse liv,
OTB
og hvis Han reddet den rettferdige Lot, som var plaget av de umoralske handlingene til skruppelløse mennesker
B1930
og fridde ut den rettferdige Lot, som plagedes ved de ugudeliges skamløse ferd

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Cross references

  • Genesis 19:16

    But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

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  • Genesis 19:29

    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

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  • Genesis 19:7–8

    “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

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  • Genesis 19:22

    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

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  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 23:9

    As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

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  • Jeremiah 9:1–6

    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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