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2 Peter 2:8

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(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

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2 Peter 2:8 in other translations

(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):

2 Peter 2:8 · American Standard Version

2 Peter 2:8 in context

  1. 6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way;
  2. 7and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
  3. 8(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
  4. 9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
  5. 10but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;