and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Parallel translations
- WEB and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
- KJV And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- NKJV and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
- NASB and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people
- NLT But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
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Quick answer
In the midst of judgment God rescued righteous Lot, who was deeply distressed by the wicked conduct around him. It matters because God knows how to deliver the godly even from a corrupt society.
Overview
Lot is presented as a righteous man oppressed by the filthy lives of Sodom's people. Though Genesis shows Lot's weaknesses, Peter highlights that he was counted righteous by faith and troubled by sin. His deliverance illustrates God's care for his own amid surrounding evil.
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- Gen 19:16But 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.
- Gen 19:29So 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.
- Gen 19:7–8“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
- Gen 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Gen 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- 2 Pet 3:17Therefore, 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.
- Jer 23:9As 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.
- Jer 9:1–6Oh, 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.
- 1 Cor 10:13No 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.
- Ps 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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