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2 Peter 2:15-20

15forsakingtherightwayὁδὸνhodonG3598,theywentastrayἐπλανήθησαν,eplanēthēsanG4105, havingfollowedἐξακολουθήσαντεςexakolouthēsantesG1811thewayὁδῷhodōG3598ofBalaamΒαλαὰμBalaamG903thesonofBeor,wholovedG25thehireofwrong-doing;

16buthewasrebukedforhisownἰδίαςidiasG2398transgression:adumb ass spakewithman’sG444voiceφωνῇphōnēaG5456andstayedthemadnessoftheprophetπροφήτουprophētouG4396.

17TheseareG1510springsG4077withoutwaterἄνυδροιanudroiG504,andmistsdrivenbyastormλαίλαποςlailaposG2978;forwhomtheblacknessofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655hathbeenG1510reserved.

18For, uttering great swelling wordsofvanity,theyenticeinthelustsG1939ofthefleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561,bylasciviousness,thosewhoarejust escapingfromthemthatliveinerrorπλάνῃplanēG4106;

19promisingG1861themliberty,whiletheythemselvesarebondservantsofcorruption;forofwhomamanG3778isovercome,ofthesameG846ishealsoG2532broughtintobondageG1402.

20Forif,aftertheyhaveescapedthedefilementsoftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889throughtheknowledgeἐπιγνώσειepignōseiG1922oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962andSaviourJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,theyareagainπάλινpalinG3825entangledthereinandovercome,thelastἔσχαταeschataG2078stateisbecomeγέγονενgegonenG1096worsewiththemthanthefirstπρώτων.prōtōnG4413.

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