^{3 Ref} And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

^{4 Ref} For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

^{5 Ref} And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

^{6 Ref} And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;

^{7 Ref} And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

^{8 Ref} (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):

^{9 Ref} The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;