2 Peter 2:7 (WEB)
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“Lot, withal, the brother of Abraham, proves that it was for the merits of righteousness, without observance of the law, that he was freed from the conflagration of the Sodomites.” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 1–29; and comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6–9.
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Gregory the Great
“For in seeing and hearing he was just, dwelling among those who from day to day vexed the soul of the just one with their unrighteous deeds (2 Pet. ii. 7, 8).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““But what hath the Just done?”” — editor's note: [“Delivered just Lot.” 2 Pet. ii. 7; Acts xxii. 14.—C.]
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Jerome
“But if you care to borrow copies of them, you can do so either from our holy sister, Marcella, who has her abode upon the Aventine, or from that holy man, Domnio, who is the Lot of our times.” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Peter ii. 7, 8.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.
Cited together in Letters Letter 47.