⁷Even as ^eSodom and Gomorrha, and ^fthe cities about them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going ^gafter ^†strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering ^hthe vengeance of ⁱeternal fire.

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Footnotes

eSee 2 Pet. 2:6.
gSee 2 Pet. 2:10.
†Gr. other.
hSee 2 Thess. 1:8.
i Matt. 25:41 (Gk.).

Cross references

f Hos. 11:8.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in the same way as these, are exhibited as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.