New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Peter 2:9-15

9 1then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from 2temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the 3day of judgment, 10and especially those who 4 5indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and 6despise authority.

Daring, 7self-willed, they do not tremble when they 8revile angelic 9majesties, 11 10whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. 12But 11these, like unreasoning animals, 12born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in 13the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, 13suffering wrong as 14the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to 15revel in the 16daytime. They are stains and blemishes, 17reveling in their 18deceptions, as they 19carouse with you, 14having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, 20enticing 21unstable souls, having a heart trained in 22greed, 23accursed children; 15forsaking 24the right way, they have gone astray, having followed 25the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved 26the wages of unrighteousness;

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Notes

1. 2 Peter 2:9 1 Cor 10:13; Rev 3:10 ↩
2. 2 Peter 2:9 Lit trial; or temptation ↩
3. 2 Peter 2:9 Matt 10:15; Jude 6 ↩
4. 2 Peter 2:10 Lit go after ↩
5. 2 Peter 2:10 2 Pet 3:3; Jude 16, 18 ↩
6. 2 Peter 2:10 Ex 22:28; Jude 8 ↩
7. 2 Peter 2:10 Titus 1:7 ↩
8. 2 Peter 2:10 Ex 22:28; Jude 8 ↩
9. 2 Peter 2:10 Lit glories ↩
10. 2 Peter 2:11 Jude 9 ↩
11. 2 Peter 2:12 Jude 10 ↩
12. 2 Peter 2:12 Jer 12:3; Col 2:22 ↩
13. 2 Peter 2:12 Lit their destruction also ↩
14. 2 Peter 2:13 2 Pet 2:15 ↩
15. 2 Peter 2:13 Rom 13:13 ↩
16. 2 Peter 2:13 1 Thess 5:7 ↩
17. 2 Peter 2:13 Rom 13:13 ↩
18. 2 Peter 2:13 One early ms reads love feasts ↩
19. 2 Peter 2:13 1 Cor 11:21; Jude 12 ↩
20. 2 Peter 2:14 2 Pet 2:18 ↩
21. 2 Peter 2:14 James 1:8; 2 Pet 3:16 ↩
22. 2 Peter 2:14 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
23. 2 Peter 2:14 Eph 2:3 ↩
24. 2 Peter 2:15 Acts 13:10 ↩
25. 2 Peter 2:15 Num 22:5, 7; Deut 23:4; Neh 13:2; Jude 11; Rev 2:14 ↩
26. 2 Peter 2:15 2 Pet 2:13 ↩

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