New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Peter 2:1-7

1But 1falseG5578 prophetsG5578 alsoG2532 appearedG1096 amongG1722 the peopleG2992, justG5613 asG5613 there will alsoG2532 be 2falseG5572 teachersG5572 3amongG1722 you, whoG3748 will 4secretlyG3919 introduceG3919 5destructiveG684 heresiesG139, evenG2532 6denyingG720 the 7MasterG1203 who 8boughtG59 them, bringingG1863 swiftG5031 destructionG684 uponG1863 themselvesG1438. 2ManyG4183 will followG1811 their 9indecentG766 behaviorG766, and becauseG1223 of them 10the wayG3598 of the truthG225 will be 11malignedG987; 3and in their 12greedG4124 they will 13exploitG1710 you with 14falseG4112 wordsG3056; 15their judgmentG2917 from longG1597 agoG1597 is not idleG691, and their destructionG684 is not asleepG3573.

4For 16ifG1487 GodG2316 did not spareG5339 angelsG32 when they sinnedG264, but castG5020 them intoG5020 17hellG5020 and 18committedG3860 them to 19pitsG4618 of darknessG2217, heldG5083 for judgmentG2920; 5and did not spareG5339 20the ancientG744 worldG2889, but protectedG5442 21NoahG3575, a 22preacherG2783 of righteousnessG1343, with sevenG3590 othersG3590, when He broughtG1863 a 23floodG2627 uponG1863 the worldG2889 of the ungodlyG765; 6and if He 24condemnedG2632 the citiesG4172 of SodomG4670 and GomorrahG1116 to destructionG2692 by reducingG5077 them toG5077 ashesG5077, having madeG5087 them an 25exampleG5262 26of whatG3195 isG3195 comingG3195 for the 27ungodlyG765; 7and if He 28rescuedG4506 righteousG1342 LotG3091, who was oppressedG2669 by the 29pervertedG766 conductG391 of 30 31unscrupulousG113 peopleG113

Notes

1. 2 Peter 2:1 Deut 13:1ff; Jer 6:13 ↩
2. 2 Peter 2:1 2 Cor 11:13 ↩
3. 2 Peter 2:1 Matt 7:15; 1 Tim 4:1 ↩
4. 2 Peter 2:1 Gal 2:4; Jude 4 ↩
5. 2 Peter 2:1 1 Cor 11:19; Gal 5:20 ↩
6. 2 Peter 2:1 Jude 4 ↩
7. 2 Peter 2:1 Rev 6:10 ↩
8. 2 Peter 2:1 1 Cor 6:20 ↩
9. 2 Peter 2:2 Gen 19:5ff; 2 Pet 2:7, 18; Jude 4 ↩
10. 2 Peter 2:2 Acts 16:17; 22:4; 24:14 ↩
11. 2 Peter 2:2 Rom 2:24 ↩
12. 2 Peter 2:3 1 Tim 6:5; 2 Pet 2:14; Jude 16 ↩
13. 2 Peter 2:3 2 Cor 2:17; 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
14. 2 Peter 2:3 Rom 16:18; 2 Pet 1:16 ↩
15. 2 Peter 2:3 Deut 32:35 ↩
16. 2 Peter 2:4 Jude 6 ↩
17. 2 Peter 2:4 Gr Tartarus, a name used as a reference to the netherworld (hell) ↩
18. 2 Peter 2:4 Rev 20:1f ↩
19. 2 Peter 2:4 One early ms chains of darkness ↩
20. 2 Peter 2:5 Ezek 26:20; 2 Pet 3:6 ↩
21. 2 Peter 2:5 Gen 6:8, 9; 1 Pet 3:20 ↩
22. 2 Peter 2:5 Or herald ↩
23. 2 Peter 2:5 2 Pet 3:6 ↩
24. 2 Peter 2:6 Gen 19:24; Jude 7 ↩
25. 2 Peter 2:6 Is 1:9; Matt 10:15; 11:23; Rom 9:29; Jude 7 ↩
26. 2 Peter 2:6 One early ms to those who were going to live ungodly lives ↩
27. 2 Peter 2:6 Jude 15 ↩
28. 2 Peter 2:7 Gen 19:16, 29 ↩
29. 2 Peter 2:7 Gen 19:5ff; 2 Pet 2:2, 18; Jude 4 ↩
30. 2 Peter 2:7 Or disgraceful ↩
31. 2 Peter 2:7 2 Pet 3:17 ↩