2 Peter 2:5-9 and did not spare the ancient world, but guarded Noah, a herald of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly;

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ and did not spare the ancient world, but guarded Noah, a herald of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly; ⁶ and if reducing to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah he condemned them to destruction, making them an example for the godless of what would come upon them, ⁷ and rescued righteous Lot worn out by the indecent lives of the lawless, — ⁸ for that righteous man living among them was tortured day and night in his righteous soul by the sight and hearing of their lawless deeds, — ⁹ the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trial and how to keep the wicked under punishment for the day of judgment,