2Pe 2:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. eighth —that is, Noah, and seven others. Contrasted with the densely peopled "world of the ungodly." preacher —not only "righteous" himself (compare ), but also "a preacher of righteousness": adduced by Peter against the licentiousness of the false teachers ( ) who have no prospect before them but destruction, even as it overtook the ungodly world in Noah's days.

2 Peter 2:5

5. eighth—that is, Noah, and seven others. Contrasted with the densely peopled "world of the ungodly."

preacher—not only "righteous" himself (compare 2Pe 2:8), but also "a preacher of righteousness": adduced by Peter against the licentiousness of the false teachers (2Pe 2:2) who have no prospect before them but destruction, even as it overtook the ungodly world in Noah's days.