2:6

The third example Peter gave in this chapter is of the wicked people of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. God sent down fire upon these cities and destroyed them so completely that nothing was left of them but ashes. This also shows that God will punish ungodly, wicked people. You can read about this in Genesis 19:1–29.

2:6a

if He condemned…to destruction, reducing them to ashes: God, as a judge, had looked at the evil way the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were behaving and decided that they deserved to be punished.

condemned…to destruction: The version of the Greek Bible that the Berean Standard Bible follows, says condemned…to destruction (instead of just “condemned”). Here are some other translations that follow this text:

he condemned them to extinction (Revised Standard Version)
-or-
condemned them to total destruction (New English Bible)

Whether you use the translation condemned…to destruction or simply “condemned”, the basic meaning is the same.

the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: Although Peter said that God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, he meant that God condemned the people who were in those cities. It may be necessary for you to make that clear in your translation.

2:6b

the ungodly: See the note on 2:5a.

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