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World English Bible

2 Peter 2 (WEBP)

[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.”

2 Peter 2:2 TR reads “destructive” instead of “immoral”
2 Peter 2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hell
2 Peter 2:22

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Peter 2 (KJVS)

[1] But there were () false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be () false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in () damnable heresies, even denying () the Lord that bought () them, and bring () upon themselves swift destruction.
[2] And many shall follow () their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. ()
[3] And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise () of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth () not, and their damnation slumbereth () not.
[4] For if God spared () not the angels that sinned, () but cast them down to hell, () and delivered () them into chains of darkness, to be reserved () unto judgment;
[5] and spared () not the old world, but saved () Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in () the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
[6] and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes () condemned () them with an overthrow, making () them an ensample unto those that after should () live ungodly; ()
[7] and delivered () just Lot, vexed () with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
[8] (for that righteous man dwelling () among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed () his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
[9] the Lord knoweth () how to deliver () the godly out of temptations, and to reserve () the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: ()
[10] but chiefly them that walk () after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise () government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid () to speak evil () of dignities.
[11] Whereas angels, which are () greater in power and might, bring () not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
[12] But these, as natural brute beasts, made () to be taken and destroyed, speak evil () of the things that they understand not; () and shall utterly perish () in their own corruption;
[13] and shall receive () the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count () it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves () with their own deceivings while they feast () with you;
[14] having () eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling () unstable souls: an heart they have () exercised () with covetous practices; cursed children:
[15] which have forsaken () the right way, and are gone astray, () following () the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved () the wages of unrighteousness;
[16] but was () rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking () with man’s voice forbad () the madness of the prophet.
[17] These are () wells without water, clouds that are carried () with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved () for ever.
[18] For when they speak () great swelling words of vanity, they allure () through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped () from them who live () in error.
[19] While they promise () them liberty, they themselves are () the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, () of the same is he brought in bondage. ()
[20] For if after they have escaped () the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled () therein, and overcome, () () the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
[21] For it had been () better for them not to have known () the way of righteousness, than, after they have known () it, to turn () from the holy commandment delivered () unto them.
[22] But it is happened () unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; () and the sow that was washed () to her wallowing in the mire.

2 Peter 2:2 Or, lascivious ways, as some copies read
2 Peter 2:10 Or, dominion
2 Peter 2:11 Some read against themselves
2 Peter 2:14 Gr. an adulteress
2 Peter 2:18 Or, for a little, or a while as some read

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Peter 2 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγένοντο () δὲ () καὶ () ψευδοπροφῆται () ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ, () ὡς () καὶ () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἔσονται () ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, () οἵτινες () παρεισάξουσιν () αἱρέσεις () ἀπωλείας, () καὶ () τὸν () ἀγοράσαντα () αὐτοὺς () δεσπότην () ἀρνούμενοι, () ἐπάγοντες () ἑαυτοῖς () ταχινὴν () ἀπώλειαν. ()
[2] Καὶ () πολλοὶ () ἐξακολουθήσουσιν () αὐτῶν () ταῖς () ἀσελγείαις, () δι’ () οὓς () ἡ () ὁδὸς () τῆς () ἀληθείας () βλασφημηθήσεται. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐν () πλεονεξίᾳ () πλαστοῖς () λόγοις () ὑμᾶς () ἐμπορεύσονται· () οἷς () τὸ () κρίμα () ἔκπαλαι () οὐκ () ἀργεῖ, () καὶ () ἡ () ἀπώλεια () αὐτῶν () οὐ () νυστάξει. ()
[4] Εἰ () γὰρ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἀγγέλων () ἁμαρτησάντων () οὐκ () ἐφείσατο, () ἀλλὰ () σειραῖς () ζόφου () ταρταρώσας () παρέδωκεν () εἰς () κρίσιν () τηρουμένους· ()
[5] καὶ () ἀρχαίου () κόσμου () οὐκ () ἐφείσατο, () ἀλλὰ () ὄγδοον () Νῶε () δικαιοσύνης () κήρυκα () ἐφύλαξεν, () κατακλυσμὸν () κόσμῳ () ἀσεβῶν () ἐπάξας· ()
[6] καὶ () πόλεις () Σοδόμων () καὶ () Γομόρρας () τεφρώσας () καταστροφῇ () κατέκρινεν, () ὑπόδειγμα () μελλόντων () ἀσεβεῖν () τεθεικώς· ()
[7] καὶ () δίκαιον () Λώτ, () καταπονούμενον () ὑπὸ () τῆς () τῶν () ἀθέσμων () ἐν () ἀσελγείᾳ () ἀναστροφῆς, () ἐρρύσατο· ()
[8] βλέμματι () γὰρ () καὶ () ἀκοῇ () ὁ () δίκαιος, () ἐγκατοικῶν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς, () ἡμέραν () ἐξ () ἡμέρας () ψυχὴν () δικαίαν () ἀνόμοις () ἔργοις () ἐβασάνιζεν· ()
[9] οἶδεν () κύριος () εὐσεβεῖς () ἐκ () πειρασμοῦ () ῥύεσθαι, () ἀδίκους () δὲ () εἰς () ἡμέραν () κρίσεως () κολαζομένους () τηρεῖν· ()
[10] μάλιστα () δὲ () τοὺς () ὀπίσω () σαρκὸς () ἐν () ἐπιθυμίᾳ () μιασμοῦ () πορευομένους, () καὶ () κυριότητος () καταφρονοῦντας. () Τολμηταί, () αὐθάδεις, () δόξας () οὐ () τρέμουσιν () βλασφημοῦντες· ()
[11] ὅπου () ἄγγελοι, () ἰσχύϊ () καὶ () δυνάμει () μείζονες () ὄντες, () οὐ () φέρουσιν () κατ’ () αὐτῶν () παρὰ () κυρίῳ () βλάσφημον () κρίσιν. ()
[12] Οὗτοι () δέ, () ὡς () ἄλογα () ζῷα () φυσικὰ () γεγενημένα () εἰς () ἅλωσιν () καὶ () φθοράν, () ἐν () οἷς () ἀγνοοῦσιν () βλασφημοῦντες, () ἐν () τῇ () φθορᾷ () αὐτῶν () καταφθαρήσονται, ()
[13] κομιούμενοι () μισθὸν () ἀδικίας, () ἡδονὴν () ἡγούμενοι () τὴν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () τρυφήν, () σπίλοι () καὶ () μῶμοι, () ἐντρυφῶντες () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀπάταις () αὐτῶν () συνευωχούμενοι () ὑμῖν, ()
[14] ὀφθαλμοὺς () ἔχοντες () μεστοὺς () μοιχαλίδος () καὶ () ἀκαταπαύστους () ἁμαρτίας, () δελεάζοντες () ψυχὰς () ἀστηρίκτους, () καρδίαν () γεγυμνασμένην () πλεονεξίας () ἔχοντες, () κατάρας () τέκνα· ()
[15] καταλιπόντες () εὐθεῖαν () ὁδὸν () ἐπλανήθησαν, () ἐξακολουθήσαντες () τῇ () ὁδῷ () τοῦ () Βαλαὰμ () τοῦ () Βοσόρ, () ὃς () μισθὸν () ἀδικίας () ἠγάπησεν, ()
[16] ἔλεγξιν () δὲ () ἔσχεν () ἰδίας () παρανομίας· () ὑποζύγιον () ἄφωνον, () ἐν () ἀνθρώπου () φωνῇ () φθεγξάμενον, () ἐκώλυσεν () τὴν () τοῦ () προφήτου () παραφρονίαν. ()
[17] Οὗτοί () εἰσιν () πηγαὶ () ἄνυδροι, () νεφέλαι () ὑπὸ () λαίλαπος () ἐλαυνόμεναι, () οἷς () ὁ () ζόφος () τοῦ () σκότους () εἰς () αἰῶνα () τετήρηται. ()
[18] Ὑπέρογκα () γὰρ () ματαιότητος () φθεγγόμενοι, () δελεάζουσιν () ἐν () ἐπιθυμίαις () σαρκός, () ἀσελγείαις, () τοὺς () ὄντως () ἀποφυγόντας () τοὺς () ἐν () πλάνῃ () ἀναστρεφομένους, ()
[19] ἐλευθερίαν () αὐτοῖς () ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, () αὐτοὶ () δοῦλοι () ὑπάρχοντες () τῆς () φθορᾶς· () ᾧ () () γάρ () τις () ἥττηται, () τούτῳ () () καὶ () δεδούλωται. ()
[20] Εἰ () γὰρ () ἀποφυγόντες () τὰ () μιάσματα () τοῦ () κόσμου () ἐν () ἐπιγνώσει () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () σωτῆρος () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ, () τούτοις () δὲ () πάλιν () ἐμπλακέντες () ἡττῶνται, () γέγονεν () αὐτοῖς () τὰ () ἔσχατα () χείρονα () τῶν () πρώτων. ()
[21] Κρεῖττον () γὰρ () ἦν () αὐτοῖς () μὴ () ἐπεγνωκέναι () τὴν () ὁδὸν () τῆς () δικαιοσύνης, () ἢ () ἐπιγνοῦσιν () ἐπιστρέψαι () ἐκ () τῆς () παραδοθείσης () αὐτοῖς () ἁγίας () ἐντολῆς. ()
[22] Συμβέβηκεν () δὲ () αὐτοῖς () τὸ () τῆς () ἀληθοῦς () παροιμίας, () Κύων () ἐπιστρέψας () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ἴδιον () ἐξέραμα, () καὶ () ὗς () λουσαμένη () εἰς () κύλισμα () βορβόρου. ()

2 Peter 2:2a ἀσελγείαις ¦ TR ἀπωλείαις
2 Peter 2:2b οὓς ¦ PCK ἃς
2 Peter 2:3 νυστάξει ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† TR νυστάζει
2 Peter 2:4a σειραῖς ¦ TH WH σειροῖς
2 Peter 2:4b τηρουμένους ¦ TR τετηρημένους
2 Peter 2:5 ἀλλὰ ¦ ECM HF NA28 PCK RPmg TR ἀλλ
2 Peter 2:6a καταστροφῇ ¦ [NA27] ¦ WH om.
2 Peter 2:6b ἀσεβεῖν ¦ SBL WH ἀσεβέσιν ¦ NA27 ασεβε[σ]ιν
2 Peter 2:7 ἐρρύσατο ¦ TH WH ἐρύσατο
2 Peter 2:8a ὁ ¦ WH om.
2 Peter 2:8b ἐγκατοικῶν ¦ TH WH ἐνκατοικῶν
2 Peter 2:9 πειρασμοῦ ¦ PCK SCR πειρασμῶν
2 Peter 2:11 παρὰ κυρίῳ ¦ ECM† txt ¦ [WH] ¦ NA27 παρὰ κυρίου ¦ ECM† SBL om.
2 Peter 2:12a φυσικὰ γεγενημένα ¦ PCK γεγενημένα φυσικὰ ¦ CT γεγεννημένα φυσικὰ
2 Peter 2:12b καταφθαρήσονται ¦ HF καὶ καταφθαρήσονται ¦ CT καὶ φθαρήσονται
2 Peter 2:13 κομιούμενοι ¦ ECM NA SBL WH ἀδικούμενοι
2 Peter 2:14a ἀκαταπαύστους ¦ WH ἀκαταπάστους
2 Peter 2:14b πλεονεξίας ¦ TR πλεονεξίαις
2 Peter 2:15a καταλιπόντες ¦ NA27 TH WH καταλείποντες
2 Peter 2:15b εὐθεῖαν ¦ TR τὴν εὐθεῖαν
2 Peter 2:15c Βοσόρ ¦ WH Βεώρ
2 Peter 2:17a νεφέλαι ¦ CT καὶ ὁμίχλαι
2 Peter 2:17b εἰς αἰῶνα ¦ PCK εἰς αἰῶνας ¦ CT om.
2 Peter 2:18a ἀσελγείαις ¦ SCR ἐν ἀσελγείαις ¦ PCK ἀσελγείας
2 Peter 2:18b ὄντως ¦ NA27 SBL WH ὀλίγως
2 Peter 2:18c ἀποφυγόντας ¦ CT ἀποφεύγοντας
2 Peter 2:19 καὶ ¦ ECM NA TH WH om.
2 Peter 2:20 κυρίου ¦ NA27 κυρίου [ἡμῶν]
2 Peter 2:21 ἐπιστρέψαι ¦ CT ὑποστρέψαι
2 Peter 2:22a δὲ ¦ CT om.
2 Peter 2:22b κύλισμα ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† κυλισμὸν

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.