2 Peter 2:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Peter 2:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Peter 2:6 is a verse from the book of 2 Peter in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Peter 2:6 — KJV
“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;”
— 2 Peter 2:6 (KJV)
2 Peter 2:6 in Context — About the Book of 2 Peter
2 Peter is a dying apostle's reminder service: God's divine power has already given us everything needed for life and godliness through precious promises. It warns against scoffers and false teachers, explains the Lord's patience — not slow but not willing that any perish — and calls us to grow in grace.
Cross-References for 2 Peter 2:6
“As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: head: Heb. iron helve: Heb. wood lighteth...: Heb. findeth”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:6: cities, into, those
“And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. smite...: Heb. cut off the tail”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:6: cities, into, after
“And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:6: into, those, after
“And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:6: into, those, after
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. strange: Gr. other”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:6: cities, sodom, gomorrha
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