1 But there arose G1096 false ψευδοπροφῆται pseudoprophētai G5578 prophets G5578 also καὶ kai G2532 among the people λαῷ laō G2992 , as among you also καὶ kai G2532 there shall be ἔσονται esontai G1510 false G5578 teachers , who shall privily bring in destructive heresies , denying ἀρνούμενοι, arnoumenoi G720 even καὶ kai G2532 the Master δεσπότην despotēn G1203 that bought G59 them , bringing upon themselves swift destruction G684 . 2 And many πολλοὶ polloi G4183 shall follow G1811 their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way ὁδὸς hodos G3598 of the truth ἀληθείας alētheias G225 shall be evil spoken of . 3 And in covetousness πλεονεξίᾳ pleonexia G4124 shall they with feigned words λόγοις logois G3056 make merchandise of you : whose sentence now from of old lingereth not , and their destruction ἀπώλεια apōleia G684 slumbereth not . 4 For if God θεὸς theos G2316 spared not angels ἀγγέλων angelōn G32 when they sinned G264 , but cast them down to hell , and committed them to pits of darkness ζόφου zophou G2217 , to be reserved unto judgment κρίσιν krisin G2920 ; 5 and spared not the ancient ἀρχαίου archaiou G744 world κόσμου kosmou G2889 , but preserved Noah Νῶε Nōe G3575 with seven others , a preacher of righteousness δικαιοσύνης dikaiosunēs G1343 , when he brought a flood κατακλυσμὸν kataklusmon G2627 upon the world κόσμῳ kosmō G2889 of the ungodly ἀσεβῶν asebōn G765 ; 6 and turning the cities πόλεις poleis G4172 of Sodom Σοδόμων Sodomōn G4670 and Gomorrah Γομόρρας Gomorras G1116 into ashes condemned κατέκρινεν katekrinen G2632 them with an overthrow, having made them an example ὑπόδειγμα hupodeigma G5262 unto those that should live ungodly G765 ; 7 and delivered G4506 righteous δίκαιον dikaion G1342 Lot Λὼτ Lōt G3091 , sore distressed by the lascivious life G391 of the wicked 8 ( for that righteous δίκαιος dikaios G1342 man G1342 dwelling among them , in seeing and hearing ἀκοῇ akoēa G189 , vexed his righteous δικαίαν dikaian G1342 soul ψυχὴν psuchēn G5590 from day ἡμέραν hēmeran G2250 to day ἡμέρας hēmeras G2250 with their lawless ἀνόμοις anomois G459 deeds ἔργοις ergois G2041 ): 9 the Lord κύριος kurios G2962 knoweth how to deliver ῥύεσθαι, rhuesthai G4506 the godly out of temptation πειρασμοῦ peirasmou G3986 , and to keep τηρεῖν, tērein G5083 the unrighteous ἀδίκους adikous G94 under punishment unto the day ἡμέραν hēmeran G2250 of judgment κρίσεως kriseōs G2920 ; 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh σαρκὸς sarkos G4561 in the lust G1939 of defilement, and despise G2706 dominion . Daring , self-willed , they tremble not to rail at dignities: 11 whereas angels ἄγγελοι angeloi G32 , though greater G3173 in might and power δυνάμει dunamei G1411 , bring φέρουσιν pherousin G5342 not a railing judgment κρίσιν. krisin G2920 against them before the Lord G2962 . 12 But these , as creatures G2226 without reason , born G1080 mere animals ζῷα zōa G2226 to be taken and destroyed , railing in matters whereof they are ignorant ἀγνοοῦσιν agnoousin G50 , shall in their destroying surely be destroyed , 13 suffering wrong G91 as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes , revelling in their deceivings while they feast συνευωχούμενοι suneuōchoumenoi G4910 with you ; 14 having eyes ὀφθαλμοὺς ophthalmous G3788 full μεστοὺς mestous G3324 of adultery , and that cannot cease from sin ἁμαρτίας, hamartias G266 ; enticing unstedfast souls ψυχὰς psuchas G5590 ; having a heart καρδίαν kardian G2588 exercised in covetousness G4124 ; children G5043 of cursing κατάρας kataras G2671 ; 15 forsaking the right way ὁδὸν hodon G3598 , they went astray ἐπλανήθησαν, eplanēthēsan G4105 , having followed ἐξακολουθήσαντες exakolouthēsantes G1811 the way ὁδῷ hodō G3598 of Balaam Βαλαὰμ Balaam G903 the son of Beor, who loved G25 the hire of wrong-doing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own ἰδίας idias G2398 transgression : a dumb ass spake with man’s G444 voice φωνῇ phōnēa G5456 and stayed the madness of the prophet προφήτου prophētou G4396 . 17 These are G1510 springs G4077 without water ἄνυδροι anudroi G504 , and mists driven by a storm λαίλαπος lailapos G2978 ; for whom the blackness of darkness σκότους skotous G4655 hath been G1510 reserved . 18 For , uttering great swelling words of vanity , they entice in the lusts G1939 of the flesh σαρκὸς sarkos G4561 , by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error πλάνῃ planē G4106 ; 19 promising G1861 them liberty , while they themselves are bondservants of corruption ; for of whom a man G3778 is overcome , of the same G846 is he also G2532 brought into bondage G1402 . 20 For if , after they have escaped the defilements of the world κόσμου kosmou G2889 through the knowledge ἐπιγνώσει epignōsei G1922 of the Lord κυρίου kuriou G2962 and Saviour Jesus Ἰησοῦ Iēsou G2424 Christ Χριστοῦ, Christou G5547 , they are again πάλιν palin G3825 entangled therein and overcome , the last ἔσχατα eschata G2078 state is become γέγονεν gegonen G1096 worse with them than the first πρώτων. prōtōn G4413 . 21 For it were G1510 better for them not to have known G1921 the way ὁδὸν hodon G3598 of righteousness δικαιοσύνης dikaiosunēs G1343 , than , after knowing it , to turn back G5290 from the holy ἁγίας hagias G40 commandment ἐντολῆς. entolēs G1785 delivered παραδοθείσης paradotheisēs G3860 unto them . 22 It has happened συμβέβηκεν sumbebēken G4819 unto them according to the true ἀληθοῦς alēthous G227 proverb , The dog G2965 turning G1994 to his own ἴδιον idion G2398 vomit again , and the sow that had washed λουσαμένη lousamenē G3068 to wallowing in the mire . ← 2 Peter 1 2 Peter 3 → Commentaries on 2 Peter 2 American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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