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2 Peter 2:6-22

6andhaving reduced [the]citiesπόλειςpoleisG4172ofSodomΣοδόμωνSodomōnG4670andGomorrhatoashes,condemnedκατέκρινενkatekrinenG2632[them]withanoverthrow, setting [themas]anexampleὑπόδειγμαhupodeigmaG5262tothosethatshould[afterwards]liveanungodlyG765life;

7andsavedrighteousδίκαιονdikaionG1342LotΛὼτLōtG3091, distressedwiththeabandoned conversationofthegodless,

8(fortherighteousδίκαιοςdikaiosG1342manG1342throughseeingandhearingἀκοῇakoēaG189, dwellingamongthem,tormentedἐβασάνιζεν·ebasanizenG928[his]righteousδικαίανdikaianG1342soulψυχὴνpsuchēnG5590dayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250afterdayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250with[their]lawlessἀνόμοιςanomoisG459worksG2041,)

9[the]LordκύριοςkuriosG2962knows[how]todeliverῥύεσθαι,rhuesthaiG4506thegodlyoutoftrialG3986,andtokeepτηρεῖν,tēreinG5083[the]unjustG94to[the]dayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250ofjudgmentκρίσεωςkriseōsG2920[tobe] punished;

10andspeciallythosewhowalkafterthefleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561in[the]lustG1939ofuncleanness,anddespiseG2706lordship. Bold [arethey],self-willed;theydonotfear speaking injuriouslyofdignities:

11whenangelsἄγγελοιangeloiG32,whoareG1510greaterG3173inmightandpowerδυνάμειdunameiG1411,donotbringφέρουσινpherousinG5342againstthem,beforetheLordG2962,aninjurious charge.

12Butthese,asnaturalG5446animalsζῷαzōaG2226withoutreason, madetobecaughtanddestroyed, speaking injuriouslyinthingsG3778theyareignorantἀγνοοῦσινagnoousinG50of,shallalsoG2532perishintheirowncorruption,

13receivingG2865[the]rewardG3408ofunrighteousnessἀδικίας.adikiasG93; accounting ephemeral indulgencepleasure; spotsandblemishes, riotingintheirowndeceits,feastingσυνευωχούμενοιsuneuōchoumenoiG4910withyou;

14havingeyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmousG3788fullμεστοὺςmestousG3324ofadultery,andthatceasenotfromsinἁμαρτίας,hamartiasG266, alluring unestablishedsoulsψυχὰςpsuchasG5590;havingaheartκαρδίανkardianG2588practisedincovetousnessG4124,childrenG5043ofcurseκατάραςkatarasG2671;

15havingleftG2641[the]straightεὐθεῖανeutheianG2117wayG3598theyhavegoneastrayἐπλανήθησαν,eplanēthēsanG4105, havingfollowedἐξακολουθήσαντεςexakolouthēsantesG1811inthepathG3598ofBalaamΒαλαὰμBalaamG903[theson]ofBosor,wholovedG25[the]rewardG3408ofunrighteousnessἀδικίαςadikiasG93;

16buthadreproofofhisownἰδίαςidiasG2398wickedness — [the] dumb assspeakingwithman'svoiceφωνῇphōnēaG5456forbadthefollyoftheprophetπροφήτουprophētouG4396.

17TheseareG1510springsG4077withoutwaterἄνυδροιanudroiG504,andmistsdrivenbystormλαίλαποςlailaposG2978,towhomthegloomζόφοςzophosG2217ofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655isG1510reserved[forever].

18For[while]speakinggreat highflown wordsofvanity,theyallurewith[the]lustsG1939of[the]fleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561,bydissoluteness,thosewhohavejust fledthosewhowalkinerrorπλάνῃplanēG4106,

19promisingG1861themliberty,whiletheythemselvesareslavesG1401ofcorruption;forbywhomamanG3778issubdued,byhimishealsoG2532broughtintoslavery.

20ForifafterhavingescapedthepollutionsoftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889through[the]knowledgeἐπιγνώσειepignōseiG1922oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962andSaviourJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547,againπάλινpalinG3825entangled,theyaresubduedbythese,theirlastἔσχαταeschataG2078stateisworsethanthefirstπρώτων.prōtōnG4413.

21ForitwereG1510betterforthemnottohaveknownG1921thewayὁδὸνhodonG3598ofrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosunēsG1343,thanhavingknownG1921[it]toturnbackG5290fromtheholyἁγίαςhagiasG40commandmentἐντολῆς.entolēsG1785deliveredπαραδοθείσηςparadotheisēsG3860tothem.

22Butthat[word]ofthetrueἀληθοῦςalēthousG227proverbhashappenedσυμβέβηκενsumbebēkenG4819tothem: [The]dogG2965[has]turnedG1994backG1994tohisownἴδιονidionG2398vomit;and, [The]washedλουσαμένηlousamenēG3068sowto[her] rollinginmud.

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