2 Peter 2:5

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: 2 Peter 2:5-7.

old. ancient. See Matthew 5:21.

world. App-129.

saved. preserved. Same word John 17:12.

the eighth. A Greek. idiom for himself and seven others.

preacher. App-121.

righteousness. App-191.

ungodly. Greek. asebes. See App-128.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

As there were false prophets in Israel, so there will arise false teachers among the faithful. (Writing from the assumed standpoint of the apostolic...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. The old world. The import of what he says is, that God, after having drowned the human race, formed again as it were a new world. This is...
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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-8) Three instances of divine vengeance, proving that great wickedness never goes unpunished.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Examples from History:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the Flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁵ And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Related Commentaries of 2 Peter 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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