002:005 And He did not spare the ancient world, although He preserved Noah,
a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought
a deluge on the world of the ungodly.
002:006 He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example
to people who might in future be living godless lives.
002:007 But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross misconduct of immoral men He rescued him.
002:008 (For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day,
to the pure soul of that righteous man—all that he saw
and heard whilst living in their midst.)
002:009 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men
from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous
under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement,
002:010 and especially those who are abandoned to sensuality— craving, as they do, for polluted things, and scorning control. Fool-hardy and self-willed, they do not tremble when speaking evil of glorious beings;
002:011 while angels, though greater than they in might and power, do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence of the Lord.
002:012 But these men, like brute beasts, created (with their
natural instincts) only to be captured or destroyed,
are abusive in matters of which they are ignorant, and in their
corruption will perish,
002:013 being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt.
They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight.
They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously
at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you.
002:014 Their very eyes are full of adultery—being eyes which never
cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast
souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed.
They are fore-doomed to God's curse!