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A Permanent Warning Sign
Commentators unanimously agree that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was not just a past event, but a deliberate act by God to create a permanent 'example.' Scholars like John Calvin describe it as a 'chief and vivid image' of divine judgment, intended to serve as a timeless warning to all future generations who might choose to live ungodly lives.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 2:6
18th Century
Theologian
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes (Genesis 19:24–25). This is a third example to demonstrate that God wi…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 2:6
Turning into ashes (τεφρωσας). First aorist participle of τεφροω, late word from τεφρα, ashes (in Dio Cassius of an eruption of Ve…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 2:6
19th Century
Bishop
And turning. . . .—The construction still depends on the “if” in 2 Peter 2:4. (See Note on Jude 1:7.)
C…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 2:6–8
19th Century
Preacher
I love to see in God's people a holy horror of the sin which surrounds them. In several of the prayers in which we joined before we came upstairs t…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 2:6
The third example of judgment is the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. According to Ge 19:24–28, “the LORD rained down burning sulfu…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 2:6
16th Century
Theologian
The cities of Sodom. This was so memorable an example of Divine vengeance that when the Scripture speaks of the universal destruction of t…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 2:6
17th Century
Pastor
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes ,
&c.] By raining brimstone and fire upon them from heaven, …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Although the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk in it. Let us take care that we give no opportunity to the enemy to blasp…