2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

chose to live in Jordan’s fertile valley not for evangelistic reasons but because of
economic considerations (Gen. 13:10-11). Accordingly, Lot lost all his material
possessions when he had to flee for his life. (S. Kistemaker) Every time we see Lot in the
Bible he showed a selfish, unyielded kind of life. And Lot was not a high-minded man.
With all his early opportunities, and with all his early promises, Lot was not, and never
became, a high-minded man. We are never told all his life one large-hearted, or one
noble-minded, or one single self-forgetful thing about Lot. If we had only the OT record
concerning Lot we would seriously question his spiritual relation to God. But the NT
declares that he was a righteous man in God’s sight even when he was living in Sodom.
So here is a man whose lifelong rejection of the sovereignty of God over his life did not
prevent him from being righteous in God’s sight. (C. Ryrie)
Why did Lot’s wife look back? It is obvious that, although she walked out of Sodom, she
had left her heart back there. She was intertwined in everything that took place in that
town – she belonged to the country club, the Shakespeare club, and every other kind of
club. Perhaps the bridge club was having a meeting that afternoon and she really wanted
to go. I think she plagued Lot, saying, “Why do we have to leave like this?” Another
reason she turned and looked back was because she didn’t believe God would destroy the
city. Well, He did destroy the city, and He turned her into a pillar of salt. (J. McGee) The
recollection of this grave mistake (Gen. 13:11) must have added bitterness to the daily
distress caused by the sins of his neighbors. (B. Caffin) Unfortunately sin loses much of
its offense as it becomes commonplace in a society. The church should pray never to
surrender its outrage against these practices which run counter to the will and nature of
God. The fear of being labeled moralist has in many cases turned us into ethical
chameleons whose only “virtue” is thoughtless tolerance. (R. Mounce)
2 Peter 2:8 For (explanatory) the righteous one (Subj. Nom.;
justified Lot), having settled down (evgkatoike,w, PAPtc.NMS,
Aoristic, Circumstantial; lived, made his home) among them
(Dat. Assoc.; insolent, anti-establishment, lawless
homosexuals and lesbians), by seeing (Instr. Means) and
(connective) hearing (Instr. Means) them (ellipsis; social
life with God ignored in favor of social life with sexual
deviants), day in (Acc. Extent of Time), day out (Acc.
Extent of Time; conversing with them), tormented (basani,zw,
Imperf.AI3S, Iterative; tortured) his (ellipsis) righteous
(Compl. Acc.) soul (Acc. Dir. Obj.; conscious of his bad
choices) because of their (ellipsis) lawless (Dat. Disadv.;
godless, criminal) production (Dat. Cause; thoughts, words,
behavior).
BGT 2 Peter 2:8 ble,mmati ga.r kai. avkoh/| o` di,kaioj evgkatoikw/n evn auvtoi/j h`me,ran evx h`me,raj
yuch.n dikai,an avno,moij e;rgoij evbasa,nizen\
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2 Peter 2:8 aspectu enim et auditu iustus erat habitans apud eos qui diem de die animam
iustam iniquis operibus cruciabant