7. Yet, God rescued Lot, a man who had his approval. Lot was distressed by the lifestyle of people who had no principles and lived in sexual freedom.
8. Although he was a man who had God’s approval, he lived among the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Each day was like torture to him as he saw and heard the immoral things that people did.
9. Since the Lord did all this, he knows how to rescue godly people when they are tested. He also knows how to hold immoral people for punishment on the day of judgment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow their corrupt nature along the path of impure desires and who despise the Lord’s authority.These false teachers are bold and arrogant. They aren’t afraid to insult the ⌊Lord’s⌋ glory.
11. Angels, who have more strength and power than these teachers, don’t bring an insulting judgment against them from the Lord.
12. These false teachers insult what they don’t understand. They are like animals, which are creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. So they will be destroyed like animals