This corrupt generation

“With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’” Acts 2:40
Peter’s words to the people of Jerusalem listening to him on the day of Pentecost, are just as relevant to us today. While this is a different generation of people, it is just as corrupt as the generation of people in Peter’s day.
The word ‘saved’ here is sozo: the same word used of eternal salvation (Matt. 1:21, John 3:17, 1 Tim. 2:4, Rom. 10:13, etc.) but having a wider meaning: to protect, heal, or make whole. ‘Corrupt’ is skolios, meaning warped, winding, or perverse (Luke 3:5, Phil. 2:15, 1 Pet. 2:18). ‘Generation’ is genea, meaning generation, age (era or persons), nation, or time – generally speaking of people of a particular era.
We cannot save ourselves in the eternal sense – that is the work of Christ – but we can be on our guard not to be led astray by the perverseness of the society in general that we live in. With Christ indwelling us, our conscience is made alive and attentive to God, and spotting the corruption becomes easier.