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[1] But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. [2] Many will follow their immoral‡ ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned. [3] In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber. [4] For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus,ⓘ and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment; [5] and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, [6] and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way, [7] and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked [8] (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds), [9] then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, [10] but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, [11] whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord. [12] But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed, [13] receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you; [14] having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children! [15] Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing; [16] but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet. [17] These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. [18] For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error; [19] promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him. [20] For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. [21] For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. [22] But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,”† and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 2:2 reads “destructive” instead of “immoral”
  2. ⓘ 2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hell
  3. † 2:22
King James Version

False Teachers

[1] But G1161 there were G1096 false prophets G5578 also G2532 among G1722 the G3588 people, G2992 even G2532 as G5613 there shall be G2071 false teachers G5572 among G1722 you, G5213 who G3748 privily shall bring in G3919 damnable G684 heresies, G139 even G2532 denying G720 the G3588 Lord G1203 that bought G59 them, G846 and bring G1863 upon themselves G1438 swift G5031 destruction. G684 [2] And G2532 many G4183 shall follow G1811 their G846 pernicious ways; G684‡ by reason of G1223 whom G3739 the G3588 way G3598 of truth G225 shall be evil spoken of. G987 [3] And G2532 through G1722 covetousness G4124 shall they G1710 with feigned G4112 words G3056 make merchandise G1710 of you: G5209 whose G3739 judgment G2917 now of a long time G1597 lingereth G691 not, G3756 and G2532 their G846 damnation G684 slumbereth G3573 not. G3756 [4] For G1063 if G1487 God G2316 spared G5339 not G3756 the angels G32 that sinned, G264 but G235 cast G5020 them down to hell, G5020 and delivered G3860 them into chains G4577 of darkness, G2217 to be reserved G5083 unto G1519 judgment; G2920 [5] and G2532 spared G5339 not G3756 the old G744 world, G2889 but G235 saved G5442 Noah G3575 the eighth G3590 person, a preacher G2783 of righteousness, G1343 bringing in G1863 the flood G2627 upon the world G2889 of the ungodly; G765 [6] and G2532 turning G5077 the cities G4172 of Sodom G4670 and G2532 Gomorrha G1116 into ashes G5077 condemned G2632 them with an overthrow, G2692 making G5087 them an ensample G5262 unto those that after should G3195 live ungodly; G764 [7] and G2532 delivered G4506 just G1342 Lot, G3091 vexed G2669 with G5259 the G3588 filthy G766 conversation G391 of G1722 the G3588 wicked: G113 [8] (for G1063 that G3588 righteous man G1342 dwelling G1460 among G1722 them, G846 in seeing G990 and G2532 hearing, G189 vexed G928 his righteous G1342 soul G5590 from day G2250 to G1537 day G2250 with their unlawful G459 deeds;) G2041 [9] the Lord G2962 knoweth G1492 how to deliver G4506 the godly G2152 out of G1537 temptations, G3986 and G1161 to reserve G5083 the unjust G94 unto G1519 the day G2250 of judgment G2920 to be punished: G2849 [10] but G1161 chiefly G3122 them that G3588 walk G4198 after G3694 the flesh G4561 in G1722 the lust G1939 of uncleanness, G3394 and G2532 despise G2706 government. G2963§ Presumptuous G5113 are they, selfwilled, G829 they are G5141 not G3756 afraid G5141 to speak evil G987 of dignities. G1391 [11] Whereas G3699 angels, G32 which are G5607 greater G3173 in power G2479 and G2532 might, G1411 bring G5342 not G3756 railing G989 accusation G2920 against G2596 them G846‡ before G3844 the Lord. G2962 [12] But G1161 these, G3778 as G5613 natural G5446 brute G249 beasts, G2226 made G1096 to G1519 be taken G259 and G2532 destroyed, G5356 speak evil G987 of G1722 the things that G3739 they understand not; G50 and shall utterly perish G2704 in G1722 their own G846 corruption; G5356 [13] and shall receive G2865 the reward G3408 of unrighteousness, G93 as they that count G2233 it pleasure G2237 to riot G5172 in G1722 the daytime. G2250 Spots G4696 they are and G2532 blemishes, G3470 sporting themselves G1792 with G1722 their own G846 deceivings G539 while they feast G4910 with you; G5213 [14] having G2192 eyes G3788 full G3324 of adultery, G3428§ and G2532 that cannot cease from G180 sin; G266 beguiling G1185 unstable G793 souls: G5590 an heart G2588 they have G2192 exercised G1128 with covetous practices; G4124 cursed G2671 children: G5043 [15] which have forsaken G2641 the G3588 right G2117 way, G3598 and are gone astray, G4105 following G1811 the G3588 way G3598 of Balaam G903 the son of Bosor, G1007 who G3739 loved G25 the wages G3408 of unrighteousness; G93 [16] but G1161 was G2192 rebuked G1649 for his G2398 iniquity: G3892 the dumb G880 ass G5268 speaking G5350 with G1722 man’s G444 voice G5456 forbad G2967 the G3588 madness G3913 of the G3588 prophet. G4396 [17] These G3778 are G1526 wells G4077 without water, G504 clouds G3507 that are carried G1643 with G5259 a tempest; G2978 to whom G3739 the G3588 mist G2217 of darkness G4655 is reserved G5083 for G1519 ever. G165 [18] For G1063 when they speak G5350 great swelling G5246 words of vanity, G3153 they allure G1185 through G1722 the lusts G1939 of the flesh, G4561 G1722 through much wantonness, G766 those that G3588 were clean G3689§ escaped G668 from them who G3588 live G390 in G1722 error. G4106 [19] While they promise G1861 them G846 liberty, G1657 they themselves G846 are G5225 the servants G1401 of corruption: G5356 for G1063 of whom G3739 a man G5100 is overcome, G2274 of the same G5129 is he brought in bondage. G1402 [20] For G1063 if G1487 after they have escaped G668 the G3588 pollutions G3393 of the G3588 world G2889 through G1722 the knowledge G1922 of the G3588 Lord G2962 and G2532 Saviour G4990 Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 they are G1707 again G3825 entangled G1707 therein, G5125 and G1161 overcome, G2274 the G3588 latter end G2078 is G1096 worse G5501 with them G846 than the G3588 beginning. G4413 [21] For G1063 it had been G2258 better G2909 for them G846 not G3361 to have known G1921 the G3588 way G3598 of righteousness, G1343 than, G2228 after they have known G1921 it, to turn G1994 from G1537 the G3588 holy G40 commandment G1785 delivered G3860 unto them. G846 [22] But G1161 it is happened G4819 unto them G846 according to G3588 the G3588 true G227 proverb, G3942 The dog G2965 is turned G1994 to G1909 his own G2398 vomit G1829 again; G1994 and G2532 the sow G5300 that was washed G3068 to G1519 her wallowing G2946 in the mire. G1004

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 2:2 Or, lascivious ways, as some copies read
  2. § 2:10 Or, dominion
  3. ‡ 2:11 Some read against themselves
  4. § 2:14 Gr. an adulteress
  5. § 2:18 Or, for a little, or a while as some read
Byzantine Greek New Testament
[1] Ἐγένοντο G1096 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ψευδοπροφῆται G5578 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 λαῷ, G2992 ὡς G5613 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ὑμῖν G5213 ἔσονται G2071 ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, G5572 οἵτινες G3748 παρεισάξουσιν G3919 αἱρέσεις G139 ἀπωλείας, G684 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ἀγοράσαντα G59 αὐτοὺς G846 δεσπότην G1203 ἀρνούμενοι, G720 ἐπάγοντες G1863 ἑαυτοῖς G1438 ταχινὴν G5031 ἀπώλειαν. G684 [2] Καὶ G2532 πολλοὶ G4183 ἐξακολουθήσουσιν G1811 αὐτῶν G846 ταῖς G3588 ‡ἀσελγείαις, G766 δι’ G1223 ‡οὓς G3739 ἡ G3588 ὁδὸς G3598 τῆς G3588 ἀληθείας G225 βλασφημηθήσεται. G987 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 πλεονεξίᾳ G4124 πλαστοῖς G4112 λόγοις G3056 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἐμπορεύσονται· G1710 οἷς G3739 τὸ G3588 κρίμα G2917 ἔκπαλαι G1597 οὐκ G3756 ἀργεῖ, G691 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀπώλεια G684 αὐτῶν G846 οὐ G3756 ‡νυστάξει. G3573 [4] Εἰ G1487 γὰρ G1063 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἀγγέλων G32 ἁμαρτησάντων G264 οὐκ G3756 ἐφείσατο, G5339 ἀλλὰ G235 ‡σειραῖς G4577 ζόφου G2217 ταρταρώσας G5020 παρέδωκεν G3860 εἰς G1519 κρίσιν G2920 ‡τηρουμένους· G5083 [5] καὶ G2532 ἀρχαίου G744 κόσμου G2889 οὐκ G3756 ἐφείσατο, G5339 ‡ἀλλὰ G235 ὄγδοον G3590 Νῶε G3575 δικαιοσύνης G1343 κήρυκα G2783 ἐφύλαξεν, G5442 κατακλυσμὸν G2627 κόσμῳ G2889 ἀσεβῶν G765 ἐπάξας· G1863 [6] καὶ G2532 πόλεις G4172 Σοδόμων G4670 καὶ G2532 Γομόρρας G1116 τεφρώσας G5077 ‡καταστροφῇ G2692 κατέκρινεν, G2632 ὑπόδειγμα G5262 μελλόντων G3195 ‡ἀσεβεῖν G764 τεθεικώς· G5087 [7] καὶ G2532 δίκαιον G1342 Λώτ, G3091 καταπονούμενον G2669 ὑπὸ G5259 τῆς G3588 τῶν G3588 ἀθέσμων G113 ἐν G1722 ἀσελγείᾳ G766 ἀναστροφῆς, G391 ‡ἐρρύσατο· G4506 [8] βλέμματι G990 γὰρ G1063 καὶ G2532 ἀκοῇ G189 ‡ὁ G3588 δίκαιος, G1342 ‡ἐγκατοικῶν G1460 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς, G846 ἡμέραν G2250 ἐξ G1537 ἡμέρας G2250 ψυχὴν G5590 δικαίαν G1342 ἀνόμοις G459 ἔργοις G2041 ἐβασάνιζεν· G928 [9] οἶδεν G1492 κύριος G2962 εὐσεβεῖς G2152 ἐκ G1537 ‡πειρασμοῦ G3986 ῥύεσθαι, G4506 ἀδίκους G94 δὲ G1161 εἰς G1519 ἡμέραν G2250 κρίσεως G2920 κολαζομένους G2849 τηρεῖν· G5083 [10] μάλιστα G3122 δὲ G1161 τοὺς G3588 ὀπίσω G3694 σαρκὸς G4561 ἐν G1722 ἐπιθυμίᾳ G1939 μιασμοῦ G3394 πορευομένους, G4198 καὶ G2532 κυριότητος G2963 καταφρονοῦντας. G2706 Τολμηταί, G5113 αὐθάδεις, G829 δόξας G1391 οὐ G3756 τρέμουσιν G5141 βλασφημοῦντες· G987 [11] ὅπου G3699 ἄγγελοι, G32 ἰσχύϊ G2479 καὶ G2532 δυνάμει G1411 μείζονες G3173 ὄντες, G5607 οὐ G3756 φέρουσιν G5342 κατ’ G2596 αὐτῶν G846 ‡παρὰ G3844 κυρίῳ G2962 βλάσφημον G989 κρίσιν. G2920 [12] Οὗτοι G3778 δέ, G1161 ὡς G5613 ἄλογα G249 ζῷα G2226 ‡φυσικὰ G5446 γεγενημένα G1096 εἰς G1519 ἅλωσιν G259 καὶ G2532 φθοράν, G5356 ἐν G1722 οἷς G3739 ἀγνοοῦσιν G50 βλασφημοῦντες, G987 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 φθορᾷ G5356 αὐτῶν G846 ‡καταφθαρήσονται, G2704 [13] ‡κομιούμενοι G2865 μισθὸν G3408 ἀδικίας, G93 ἡδονὴν G2237 ἡγούμενοι G2233 τὴν G3588 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 τρυφήν, G5172 σπίλοι G4696 καὶ G2532 μῶμοι, G3470 ἐντρυφῶντες G1792 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἀπάταις G539 αὐτῶν G846 συνευωχούμενοι G4910 ὑμῖν, G5213 [14] ὀφθαλμοὺς G3788 ἔχοντες G2192 μεστοὺς G3324 μοιχαλίδος G3428 καὶ G2532 ‡ἀκαταπαύστους G180 ἁμαρτίας, G266 δελεάζοντες G1185 ψυχὰς G5590 ἀστηρίκτους, G793 καρδίαν G2588 γεγυμνασμένην G1128 ‡πλεονεξίας G4124 ἔχοντες, G2192 κατάρας G2671 τέκνα· G5043 [15] ‡καταλιπόντες G2641 ‡εὐθεῖαν G2117 ὁδὸν G3598 ἐπλανήθησαν, G4105 ἐξακολουθήσαντες G1811 τῇ G3588 ὁδῷ G3598 τοῦ G3588 Βαλαὰμ G903 τοῦ G3588 ‡Βοσόρ, G1007 ὃς G3739 μισθὸν G3408 ἀδικίας G93 ἠγάπησεν, G25 [16] ἔλεγξιν G1649 δὲ G1161 ἔσχεν G2192 ἰδίας G2398 παρανομίας· G3892 ὑποζύγιον G5268 ἄφωνον, G880 ἐν G1722 ἀνθρώπου G444 φωνῇ G5456 φθεγξάμενον, G5350 ἐκώλυσεν G2967 τὴν G3588 τοῦ G3588 προφήτου G4396 παραφρονίαν. G3913 [17] Οὗτοί G3778 εἰσιν G1526 πηγαὶ G4077 ἄνυδροι, G504 ‡νεφέλαι G3507 ὑπὸ G5259 λαίλαπος G2978 ἐλαυνόμεναι, G1643 οἷς G3739 ὁ G3588 ζόφος G2217 τοῦ G3588 σκότους G4655 ‡εἰς G1519 αἰῶνα G165 τετήρηται. G5083 [18] Ὑπέρογκα G5246 γὰρ G1063 ματαιότητος G3153 φθεγγόμενοι, G5350 δελεάζουσιν G1185 ἐν G1722 ἐπιθυμίαις G1939 σαρκός, G4561 ‡ἀσελγείαις, G766 τοὺς G3588 ‡ὄντως G3689 ‡ἀποφυγόντας G668 τοὺς G3588 ἐν G1722 πλάνῃ G4106 ἀναστρεφομένους, G390 [19] ἐλευθερίαν G1657 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, G1861 αὐτοὶ G846 δοῦλοι G1401 ὑπάρχοντες G5225 τῆς G3588 φθορᾶς· G5356 ᾧ G3739 G3739 γάρ G1063 τις G5100 ἥττηται, G2274 τούτῳ G5129 G5129 ‡καὶ G2532 δεδούλωται. G1402 [20] Εἰ G1487 γὰρ G1063 ἀποφυγόντες G668 τὰ G3588 μιάσματα G3393 τοῦ G3588 κόσμου G2889 ἐν G1722 ἐπιγνώσει G1922 τοῦ G3588 ‡κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 σωτῆρος G4990 Ἰησοῦ G2424 χριστοῦ, G5547 τούτοις G5125 δὲ G1161 πάλιν G3825 ἐμπλακέντες G1707 ἡττῶνται, G2274 γέγονεν G1096 αὐτοῖς G846 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα G2078 χείρονα G5501 τῶν G3588 πρώτων. G4413 [21] Κρεῖττον G2909 γὰρ G1063 ἦν G2258 αὐτοῖς G846 μὴ G3361 ἐπεγνωκέναι G1921 τὴν G3588 ὁδὸν G3598 τῆς G3588 δικαιοσύνης, G1343 ἢ G2228 ἐπιγνοῦσιν G1921 ‡ἐπιστρέψαι G1994 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 παραδοθείσης G3860 αὐτοῖς G846 ἁγίας G40 ἐντολῆς. G1785 [22] Συμβέβηκεν G4819 ‡δὲ G1161 αὐτοῖς G846 τὸ G3588 τῆς G3588 ἀληθοῦς G227 παροιμίας, G3942 Κύων G2965 ἐπιστρέψας G1994 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 ἴδιον G2398 ἐξέραμα, G1829 καὶ G2532 ὗς G5300 λουσαμένη G3068 εἰς G1519 ‡κύλισμα G2946 βορβόρου. G1004

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 2:2a ἀσελγείαις ¦ ἀπωλείαις
  2. ‡ 2:2b οὓς ¦ ἃς
  3. ‡ 2:3 νυστάξει ¦ ¦ νυστάζει
  4. ‡ 2:4a σειραῖς ¦ σειροῖς
  5. ‡ 2:4b τηρουμένους ¦ τετηρημένους
  6. ‡ 2:5 ἀλλὰ ¦ ἀλλ’
  7. ‡ 2:6a καταστροφῇ ¦ [] ¦
  8. ‡ 2:6b ἀσεβεῖν ¦ ἀσεβέσιν ¦ ασεβε[σ]ιν
  9. ‡ 2:7 ἐρρύσατο ¦ ἐρύσατο
  10. ‡ 2:8a ὁ ¦
  11. ‡ 2:8b ἐγκατοικῶν ¦ ἐνκατοικῶν
  12. ‡ 2:9 πειρασμοῦ ¦ πειρασμῶν
  13. ‡ 2:11 παρὰ κυρίῳ ¦ ¦ [] ¦ παρὰ κυρίου ¦
  14. ‡ 2:12a φυσικὰ γεγενημένα ¦ γεγενημένα φυσικὰ ¦ γεγεννημένα φυσικὰ
  15. ‡ 2:12b καταφθαρήσονται ¦ καὶ καταφθαρήσονται ¦ καὶ φθαρήσονται
  16. ‡ 2:13 κομιούμενοι ¦ ἀδικούμενοι
  17. ‡ 2:14a ἀκαταπαύστους ¦ ἀκαταπάστους
  18. ‡ 2:14b πλεονεξίας ¦ πλεονεξίαις
  19. ‡ 2:15a καταλιπόντες ¦ καταλείποντες
  20. ‡ 2:15b εὐθεῖαν ¦ τὴν εὐθεῖαν
  21. ‡ 2:15c Βοσόρ ¦ Βεώρ
  22. ‡ 2:17a νεφέλαι ¦ καὶ ὁμίχλαι
  23. ‡ 2:17b εἰς αἰῶνα ¦ εἰς αἰῶνας ¦
  24. ‡ 2:18a ἀσελγείαις ¦ ἐν ἀσελγείαις ¦ ἀσελγείας
  25. ‡ 2:18b ὄντως ¦ ὀλίγως
  26. ‡ 2:18c ἀποφυγόντας ¦ ἀποφεύγοντας
  27. ‡ 2:19 καὶ ¦
  28. ‡ 2:20 κυρίου ¦ κυρίου [ἡμῶν]
  29. ‡ 2:21 ἐπιστρέψαι ¦ ὑποστρέψαι
  30. ‡ 2:22a δὲ ¦
  31. ‡ 2:22b κύλισμα ¦ ¦ κυλισμὸν