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href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_peter/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_peter/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and He rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct in sensuality of the lawless<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, <i>who was</i> oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and <i>if</i> He rescued righteous Lot, <i>who was</i> oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and <i>if</i> He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and <i>if</i> He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled <i>and</i> ungodly men<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if he rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the depraved behavior of the immoral<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if He rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the unrestrained behavior of the immoral<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Yet, God rescued Lot, a man who had his approval. Lot was distressed by the lifestyle of people who had no principles and lived in sexual freedom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He rescued Lot, a good man, who was distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And delivered just Lot, grieved with the habitual lewdness of the wicked:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross misconduct of immoral men He rescued him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and He rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct of the lawless in licentiousness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />and He rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct in sensuality of the lawless<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And just Lot, being harassed by the licentiousness of the lawless for the turning back, he delivered:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he rescued a just man, Lot, who was oppressed by the unjust and lewd behavior of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man oppressed by the licentious conduct of unprincipled people<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And delivered righteous Lot, mortified by the filthy conduct of the lawless:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Also he delivered righteous Lot who suffered the indignity and the abominable way of life of those who were lawless,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, wearied out with the licentious conduct of the lawless,?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and he delivered righteous Lot, being grieved by the deportment of the ungodly in their debauchery:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />but righteous Lot, afflicted grievously with the infamously impure conduct of those lawless men, he plucked out:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />since he deliver'd that just man Lot, who was grieved at the enormous practices of the licentious;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross misconduct of immoral men He rescued him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the conduct of those <i>who were</i> impious in lasciviousness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and delivered righteous Lot grieved at the lewd conversation of the wicked:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6</span>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; <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4506.htm" title="4506: errysato (V-AIM-3S) -- To rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction). ">if He rescued</a> <a href="/greek/3091.htm" title="3091: Lōt (N-AMS) -- (Hebrew), Lot, nephew of Abraham. Of Hebrew origin; Lot, a patriarch.">Lot,</a> <a href="/greek/1342.htm" title="1342: dikaion (Adj-AMS) -- From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.">a righteous man</a> <a href="/greek/2669.htm" title="2669: kataponoumenon (V-PPM/P-AMS) -- From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil.">distressed</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">by</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/766.htm" title="766: aselgeia (N-DFS) -- From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness.">depraved</a> <a href="/greek/391.htm" title="391: anastrophēs (N-GFS) -- Dealing with other men, conduct, life, behavior, manner of life. From anastrepho; behavior.">conduct</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/113.htm" title="113: athesmōn (Adj-GMP) -- Lawless, unrestrained, licentious. Lawless, i.e. criminal.">lawless</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1-29</a></span><br />Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown, / and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” / But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Luke 17:28-30</a></span><br />It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a></span><br />But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, / I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></span><br />The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></span><br />All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a></span><br />Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:</p><p class="hdg">delivered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-16.htm">Genesis 19:16,22,29</a></b></br> And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a></b></br> There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God <i>is</i> faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear <i>it</i>.</p><p class="hdg">vexed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a></b></br> But the men of Sodom <i>were</i> wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-7.htm">Genesis 19:7,8</a></b></br> And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/120-5.htm">Psalm 120:5</a></b></br> Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, <i>that</i> I dwell in the tents of Kedar!</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Conversation</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Deeply</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm">Godless</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/james/5-5.htm">Gross</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Habitual</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm">Immoral</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Misconduct</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/james/3-15.htm">Sensual</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-14.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Unprincipled</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/acts/5-16.htm">Vexed</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Conversation</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Deeply</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/genesis/21-11.htm">Distressed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/jude/1-8.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Godless</a> <a href="/2_john/1-4.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Gross</a> <a href="/psalms/68-21.htm">Habitual</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Immoral</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Misconduct</a> <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/genesis/37-21.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/jude/1-19.htm">Sensual</a> <a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Unprincipled</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Vexed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/genesis/18-12.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His rescue is a testament to God's ability to deliver the righteous from judgment. This event is recorded in <a href="/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>, where angels lead Lot and his family out of Sodom before its destruction. Lot's rescue prefigures the deliverance of believers from God's coming judgment, highlighting God's mercy and justice. It also serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness to His promises, as Lot was spared due to Abraham's intercession (<a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-33</a>).<p><b>a righteous man</b><br>Lot is described as righteous, which may seem surprising given his later actions and choices. However, his righteousness is attributed to his faith and relationship with God, not his moral perfection. This aligns with the biblical theme that righteousness is imputed by faith, as seen in Abraham's example (<a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a>). Lot's righteousness is further evidenced by his distress over the sinfulness of Sodom, indicating a heart aligned with God's values.<p><b>distressed by the depraved conduct</b><br>Lot's distress highlights the internal conflict experienced by believers living in a sinful world. His soul was tormented by the rampant immorality around him, reflecting a sensitivity to sin that characterizes the righteous. This mirrors the experience of believers today, who are called to be in the world but not of it (<a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14-16</a>). Lot's distress serves as a call to maintain spiritual integrity and a godly perspective amidst moral decay.<p><b>of the lawless</b><br>The term "lawless" refers to those who live in blatant disregard for God's commands. Sodom's inhabitants exemplified such lawlessness, engaging in acts that were abhorrent to God (<a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">Genesis 19:4-5</a>). This lawlessness is contrasted with the righteousness of Lot, underscoring the biblical theme of the righteous versus the wicked. The destruction of Sodom serves as a warning of the consequences of living without regard for God's law, a theme echoed throughout Scripture (e.g., <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a></b><br>A nephew of Abraham, Lot is described as a "righteous man" who lived in the city of Sodom. Despite the wickedness surrounding him, Lot is noted for his distress over the immoral behavior of the people in Sodom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a></b><br>An ancient city known for its extreme wickedness and immorality. It was ultimately destroyed by God due to its sinfulness, as recounted in Genesis.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_rescue.htm">God's Rescue</a></b><br>The event of God rescuing Lot from Sodom before its destruction is a demonstration of divine intervention and mercy towards those deemed righteous.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/righteousness_amidst_wickedness.htm">Righteousness Amidst Wickedness</a></b><br>Lot's example teaches us that it is possible to maintain righteousness even when surrounded by pervasive immorality. Believers are called to be in the world but not of it, standing firm in their faith and values.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/distress_over_sin.htm">Distress Over Sin</a></b><br>Lot's distress over the depraved conduct around him serves as a model for Christians to be sensitive to sin and to grieve over the moral decay in society. This sensitivity should drive us to prayer and action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>The rescue of Lot underscores God's faithfulness to deliver the righteous from judgment. It reassures believers of God's protection and the ultimate triumph of righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>The destruction of Sodom alongside Lot's rescue illustrates the dual aspects of God's character: His justice in judging sin and His mercy in saving the righteous. Christians are reminded of the importance of living in a way that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_preach_the_gospel_wordlessly.htm">Why is Lot considered righteous in biblical texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_the_flood_global_or_local.htm">Was the flood worldwide or confined to one area?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_lasciviousness_mean.htm">What does lasciviousness mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_lot_seen_as_righteous_biblically.htm">Why is Lot considered righteous in biblical texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And delivered just Lot.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">righteous Lot</span>; it is the same adjective as occurs twice in the next verse. These repetitions of the same word, of which there are several examples in this Epistle ("destruction" thrice, <a href="/context/2_peter/2-1.htm" title="But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.">2Peter 2:1-3</a>; various repetitions, <a href="/context/2_peter/3-10.htm" title="But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.">2Peter 3:10-12</a>; "look for" thrice, <a href="/context/2_peter/3-12.htm" title="Looking for and hastening to the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?">2Peter 3:12-14</a>, &c), and which have been stigmatised as showing poverty of language, are perfectly natural in St. Peter, and not like the laboured efforts of a writer endeavouring to personate him. A person writing under strong emotion does not stop to pick his words; he uses the same word over and over again if it expresses what he means and no other word at once occurs to him. This is still more likely to be the case when a person is writing in a foreign language. The fact that such repetitions are frequent in the Second Epistle, but not in the First, is not only fully explained by the circumstances, but, as being so entirely in harmony with them, may be regarded as a mark of genuineness. "Delivered righteous Lot." Here, as in the case of the Flood (<a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm" title="And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;">2Peter 2:5</a>), the destruction of the guilty suggests the preservation of the innocent. Is it fanciful to think that these lights in a dark picture are characteristic of one who had himself "denied the Master who bought him," and yet had been preserved like Noah and rescued like Lot? This brighter side is wanting in Jude, so that in the strictly historical illustrations this Epistle is more full than the other (see Note on <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm" title="Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;">2Peter 2:15</a>); it is where apocryphal books seem to be alluded to that St. Jude has more detail.<p><span class= "bld">The filthy conversation.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">behaviour in wantonness</span> (comp. <a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm" title="And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.">2Peter 2:2</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm" title="For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.">2Peter 2:18</a>)--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>licentious mode of life. The word for "conversation," or "behaviour," is a favourite one with St. Peter--six times in the First Epistle, twice in this (<a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm" title="Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,">2Peter 3:11</a>); elsewhere in the New Testament only five times. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked;</span> literally, <span class="accented">and delivered righteous Lot, who was being worn out</span> (<span class="greek">καταπονούμενον</span>; comp. <a href="/acts/7-24.htm">Acts 7:24</a>, the only other place of the New Testament where the word occurs) <span class="accented">with the behaviour of the lawless in licentiousness.</span> The word translated "lawless" (<span class="greek">ἀθέσμων</span>) is found only in one other place of the New Testament (<a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">2 Peter 3:17</a>); but it is near akin to the <span class="greek">ἀθεμίτοις</span> ("abominable") of <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[if] He rescued</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐρρύσατο</span> <span class="translit">(errysato)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4506.htm">Strong's 4506: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction). </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lot,</span><br /><span class="grk">Λὼτ</span> <span class="translit">(Lōt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">(Hebrew), Lot, nephew of Abraham. Of Hebrew origin; Lot, a patriarch.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a righteous [man]</span><br /><span class="grk">δίκαιον</span> <span class="translit">(dikaion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1342.htm">Strong's 1342: </a> </span><span class="str2">From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">distressed</span><br /><span class="grk">καταπονούμενον</span> <span class="translit">(kataponoumenon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2669.htm">Strong's 2669: </a> </span><span class="str2">From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπὸ</span> <span class="translit">(hypo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῆς</span> <span class="translit">(tēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">depraved</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀσελγείᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(aselgeia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_766.htm">Strong's 766: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conduct</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀναστροφῆς</span> <span class="translit">(anastrophēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_391.htm">Strong's 391: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dealing with other men, conduct, life, behavior, manner of life. From anastrepho; behavior.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῶν</span> <span class="translit">(tōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lawless</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀθέσμων</span> <span class="translit">(athesmōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lawless, unrestrained, licentious. 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