2 Peter 2:12-22

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TheseG3778 men are likeG5613 irrationalG249 animalsG2226, creatures of instinctG5446, bornG1080 to be capturedG259 andG2532 destroyedG5356. They blasphemeG987 inG1722 matters they do not understandG50, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyedG2532G5351. 13The harm they will sufferG91 is the wagesG3408 of their wickednessG93.

They consider itG2233 a pleasureG2237 to carouseG5172 inG1722 broad daylightG2250. They are blotsG4696 andG2532 blemishesG3470, revelingG1792 inG1722 theirG846 deceptionG539 as they feast withG4910 youG4771. 14Their eyesG3788 areG2192 fullG3324 of adulteryG3428; their desire for sin is never satisfiedG180G266; they seduceG1185 the unstableG793G5590. They are accursedG2671 childrenG5043 withG2192 heartsG2588 trainedG1128 in greedG4124.

15They have leftG2641 the straightG2117 wayG3598 and wandered offG4105 to followG1811 theG3588 wayG3598 of BalaamG903 son of BeorG1007,1 whoG3739 lovedG25 the wagesG3408 of wickednessG93. 16ButG1161 he wasG2192 rebukedG1649 for hisG2398 transgressionG3892 by a donkeyG5268, otherwise without speechG880, that spokeG5350 withG1722 a man’sG444 voiceG5456 and restrainedG2967 theG3588 prophet’sG4396 madnessG3913.

17TheseG3778 men areG1510 springsG4077 without waterG504 andG2532 mistsG887 drivenG1643 byG5259 a stormG2978. BlackestG2217 darknessG4655 is reservedG5083 for themG3739. 18With loftyG5246 but emptyG3153 words, they appealG5350 to the sensualG766 passionsG1939 of the fleshG4561 and enticeG1185 thoseG3588 who are justG3641 escapingG668 from others whoG3588 liveG390 inG1722 errorG4106. 19They promiseG1861 themG846 freedomG1657, while they themselvesG846 areG5225 slavesG1401 to depravityG5356. ForG1063 a man is a slaveG3778G2532G1402 to whateverG3739 has mastered himG5100G2274.

20IfG1487 indeedG1063 they have escapedG668 theG3588 corruptionG3393 of theG3588 worldG2889 throughG1722 the knowledgeG1922 ofG3588 our LordG2962 andG2532 SaviorG4990 JesusG2424 ChristG5547,2 onlyG1161 to be entangledG1707 and overcomeG2274 by itG3778 againG3825, theirG846 finalG2078 condition isG1096 worse thanG5501 it was at firstG4413. 21It would have beenG1510 betterG2909 for themG846 notG3361 to have knownG1921 theG3588 wayG3598 of righteousnessG1343 thanG2228 to have knownG1921 it and then to turn awayG5290 fromG1537 theG3588 holyG40 commandmentG1785 passed onG3860 to themG846. 22Of themG846 theG3588 proverbsG3942 areG4819 trueG227: “A dogG2965 returnsG1994 toG1909 its vomitG1829,”3 andG2532, “A sowG5300 that is washedG3068 goes back toG1519 her wallowingG2946 in the mudG1004.”