6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example of what is coming for the ungodly; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people 8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from a trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt passion, and despise authority.
Reckless, self-centered, they speak abusively of angelic majesties without trembling,
Verse 6
This verse talks about an example of what will happen to the ungodly.
The example is Sodom and Gomorrah. Read Genesis 19.
24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven, Genesis 19:24
Verse 7
God rescued Lot from all the destruction that happened is what this verse is talking about.
CSB says depraved behavior.
ERV says the bad lives of those evil people.
16 But he hesitated. So the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and the ands of his two daughters, because the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city.
Verse 8
This verse refers to what Lot endured by living among these people.
Lawless deeds can refer to what verse 7 talks about.
4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. Hebrews 11:4
Verse 9
The Lord will rescue the Godly from trials.
Then it talks about the ungodly or as the verse says unrighteous will be kept under punishment for the day judgment.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
Verse 10
ASV says walk after the flesh in the lust....
KJ21 says despise governances.
AMP says creatures despising the majesty of the Lord.
and especially those who indulge in the corrupt passions of the sin nature, and despise authority. Presumptuous and reckless, self-willed and arrogant [creatures, despising the majesty of the Lord], they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties, 2 Peter 2:10 AMP
3 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, 2 Peter 3:3
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