Chapter 11
The examples of Lot and his wife
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1 διὰ
φιλοξενίαν
καὶ
εὐσέβειαν
Λὼτ
ἐσώθη
ἐκ
Σοδόμων,
τῆς
περιχώρου
πάσης
κριθείσης
διὰ
πυρὸς
καὶ
θείου,
πρόδηλον ποιήσας ὁ δεσπότης, ὅτι τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει, τοὺς δὲ ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας εἰς κόλασιν καὶ αἰκισμὸν τίθησιν. |
Because of his hospitality and godliness, Lot was saved out of Sodom, when all the surrounding country was judged by fire and sulphur.
The Master clearly demonstrated that he does not forsake those who hope in him but hands over for punishment and torment those who turn aside. |
| 2 συνεξελθούσης γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆς γυναικὸς ἑτερογνώμονος ὑπαρχούσης καὶ οὐκ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ, εἰς τοῦτο σημεῖον ἐτέθη, ὥστε γενέσθαι αὐτὴν στήλην ἁλὸς ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, εἰς τὸ γνωστὸν εἶναι πᾶσιν, ὅτι οἱ δίψυχοι καὶ οἱ διστάζοντες περὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεως εἰς κρίμα καὶ εἰς σημείωσιν πάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς γίνονται. | Of this his wife was destined to be a sign, for after leaving with him she changed her mind and was no longer in harmony, and as a result she became a pillar of salt to this day, that it might be known to all that those who are double-minded and those who question the power of God fall under judgment and become a warning to all generations. |