Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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(1.) He took the liberty to pitch upon a certain number of righteous ones which he supposed might be in Sodom. Suppose there be fifty, Ge 18:24.
(2.) He advanced upon God's concessions, again and again. As God granted much, he still begged more, with the hope of gaining his point.
(3.) He brought the terms as low as he could for shame (having prevailed for mercy if there were but ten righteous ones in five cities), and perhaps so low that he concluded they would have been spared.
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Here is great faith; and it is the prayer of faith that is the prevailing prayer. His faith pleads with God, orders the cause, and fills his mouth with arguments. He acts faith especially upon the righteousness of God, and is very confident.
(1.) That God will not destroy the righteous with the wicked, Ge 18:23. No, that be far from thee, Ge 18:25. We must never entertain any thought that derogates from the honour of God's righteousness. See Ro 3:5, 6. Note,
[1.] The righteous are mingled with the wicked in this world. Among the best there are, commonly, some bad, and among the worst some good: even in Sodom, one Lot.
[2.] Though the righteous be among the wicked, yet the righteous God will not, certainly he will not, destroy the righteous with the wicked. Though in this world they may be involved in the same common calamities, yet in the great day a distinction with be made.
(2.) That the righteous shall not be as the wicked, Ge 18:25. Though they may suffer with them, yet they do not suffer like