2 Peter 2:5

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“if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;”

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BSBPD

“if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Peter 2:5 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  2. Genesis 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  3. Job 22:15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
  4. Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  5. Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
  6. Hebrews 11:7By 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.
  7. 1 Peter 3:19in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
  8. 2 Peter 3:6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
  9. Jude 1:14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

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