Bible Strands
2 Peter 2:7
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses his readers by cataloging God’s historical interventions to demonstrate His pattern of judging the ungodly and delivering the righteous. He places this clause between the description of Sodom’s destruction and the account of Lot’s daily torment.
The words — δικαίον (dikaion) translates literally as “righteous,” and καταπονούμενον (kataponoumenon) means “being distressed” or “tormented.” These terms directly modify Lot, marking his moral status and his physical suffering under the surrounding lawless conduct.
The thread — The rescue event runs to Genesis 19:16, where divine agents physically lead Lot to safety, and Genesis 19:29, which states God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the catastrophe.
Why it lands — The text records God’s past action of extracting one righteous man from a corrupt setting. It requires the reader to recognize this historical deliverance as factual evidence of God’s consistent justice and protective power.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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.
- 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.
- Genesis 19:7 “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
- Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Genesis 19:22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- Jeremiah 9:1 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Peter 3:17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
- Psalms 120:5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!