2Pe 2:5-9 | ESV | STEP | if he did not spare the ancient world , but preserved Noah , a herald of righteousness , with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly ;

2 Peter 2:5-9

5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but ^apreserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought ^ba flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by ^cturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, ^dmaking them an example of ^ewhat is going to happen to the ungodly; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly} 7 and ^gif he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ^hhe was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then ⁱthe Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, ^{▼▼Or temptations} and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,