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How is Lot described in the Second Letter of Peter?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, oil on wood by Joachim Patinir, c. 1520; in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
In the Second Letter of Peter, Lot is described as a righteous and good man who suffered while living among the depravity of Sodom. His story is used in the text to illustrate God’s propensity to rescue those who are righteous and suffering, while simultaneously punishing those who engage in evil.12