In 2 Peter 2:7 Lot is called “righteous,” and here again certain popular Jewish traditions may be in mind, not in the Old Testament (cf. Wis 10:6; 19:17).¹⁷³ In any event, he was righteous by comparison to his contemporaries in Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot is portrayed here as one who was oppressed by all the wicked and especially the sexual sinning around him. One suggestion is that Lot is called “righteous” here due to his being hospitable.¹⁷⁴
Source: Ben Witherington III, Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume II.
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