2 Peter 2:6 — Community Reflections

2 PETER 2:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;”

If he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to extinction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who were to be ungodly — the reduction to ashes (tephroō) suggests complete annihilation as warning. The exemplary character (hypodeigma) of their destruction is not for entertainment but moral instruction. The cities stand as historical monuments to divine intolerance for persistent ungodliness.

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Yuki Tanaka (Test User)7h ago

Rivers of living water — 2 Peter 2

The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedien...