New English Translation
2 Peter 2:10
10especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
2 Peter 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
- New International Version (NIV)This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;
- English Standard Version (ESV)and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
- New King James Version (NKJV)and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
Context of 2 Peter 2:10
8(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) 9– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment, especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones, 11yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord. 12But these men, like irrational animals – creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed – do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,
Read all of 2 Peter 22 Peter 2:10 word by word
μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας. τολμηταί, αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- chieflyμάλισταmalista · especiallyG3122
- them that walkπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
- afterὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
- the fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the lustἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
- of uncleannessμιασμόςmiasmos · defilementG3394
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- despiseκαταφρονέωkataphroneō · to despiseG2706
- governmentκυριότηςkuriotēs · lordshipG2963
- Presumptuousτολμητήςtolmētēs · bold manG5113
- selfwilledαὐθάδηςauthadēs · self-willedG829
- they areτρέμωtremō · to trembleG5141
- notοὐou · noG3756
- to speak evil ofβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
- dignitiesδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:10
- Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
- Ephesians 4:19Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
- Ephesians 5:5For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
- Colossians 3:5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you – men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Numbers 16:12Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up.
- Deuteronomy 17:12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 21:20They must declare to the elders of his city, “Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say – he is a glutton and drunkard.”
- 1 Samuel 10:27But some wicked men said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”
- 1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But chiefly them that walk - That is, God will in the most signal manner punish them that walk after the flesh - addict themselves to sodomitical practices, and the lust of pollution; probably alluding to those most abominable practices where men abuse themselves and abuse one another. Despise government - They brave the power and authority of the civil magistrate, practising their abominations so as to keep out of the reach of the letter of the law; and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But chiefly - That is, it may be presumed that the principles just laid down would be applicable in an eminent degree to such persons as he proceeds to designate. That walk after the flesh - That live for the indulgence of their carnal appetites. Notes, Romans 8:1. In the lust of uncleanness - In polluted pleasures. Compare the notes at 2 Peter 2:2. And despise government - Margin: “dominion.” That is, they regard all government in the state, the church…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Impure seducers and their abandoned followers, give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ, they act against God's righteous precepts. They walk after the flesh, they go on in sinful courses, and increase to greater degrees of impurity and wickedness. They also despise those whom God has set in authority over them, and requires them to honour. Outward temporal good things are the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The corrupt desires of the flesh: This refers to any kind of illicit sexual desire. It may also include homosexual behavior, since Peter mentions Sodom and Gomorrah (2:6). The false teachers were very arrogant. They refused to listen to any authority except their own.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. chiefly--They especially will be punished (Jude 8). after--following after. lust of uncleanness--defilement: "hankering after polluting and unlawful use of the flesh" [Alford]. government--Greek, "lordship," "dominion" (Jude 8). Presumptuous--Greek, "Darers." Self-will begets presumption. Presumptuously daring. are not afraid--though they are so insignificant in might; Greek, "tremble not" (Jude 8, end). speak evil of--Greek, "blaspheme."…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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