{"book":"2 Peter","slug":"2-peter","ch":2,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Peter","prev":"2-peter/1","next":"2-peter/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. [They] will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them — bringing swift destruction on themselves.","f":[],"h":"Deliverance from False Prophets","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Many will follow in their depravity, [and] because of [them] the way of truth will be defamed.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"In their greed, [these false teachers] will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction {does} not sleep.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"For if God {did} not spare [the] angels when they sinned, but cast [them] deep into hell, placing [them] in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;","f":["Greek cast them into Tartarus; see the First Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 13:1–11 and 1 Enoch 20:1–4)."],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"[if] He did not spare [the] ancient world when He brought [the] flood [on its] ungodly [people], but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"[if] He condemned [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing [them] to ashes [as] an example of what is coming on the ungodly;","f":["WH does not include to destruction.","Or on future generations of the ungodly"]},{"v":7,"t":"and [if] He rescued Lot, a righteous [man] distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"(for that righteous [man], living among them day after day, was tormented [in his] righteous soul [by the] lawless deeds he saw and heard )—","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"[ if all this is so, then the ] Lord knows how to rescue [the] godly from trials and to hold [the] unrighteous for punishment on [the] day of judgment.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"[ Such punishment is ] specially [reserved] for those who indulge [the] corrupt desires of [the] flesh and despise authority. Bold [and] self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.","f":["Or to blaspheme angelic majesties"],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Yet not even angels, [though] greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before [the] Lord.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"These [men] [are] like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in [matters] they do not understand, [and like such creatures], they too will be destroyed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"The harm they will suffer [is the] wages of [their] wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. [They are] blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"The harm they will suffer [is the] wages of [their] wickedness."},{"style":"reg","t":"They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. [They are] blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"[Their] eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce [the] unstable. [They are] accursed children with hearts trained in greed.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"They have left [the] straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved [the] wages of wickedness.","f":["NA, SBL, BYZ, and TR Bosor"],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, [ otherwise ] without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice [and] restrained the prophet’s madness.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"These [men] are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"With lofty [but] empty words, they appeal [to the] sensual passions of [the] flesh [and] entice those [who are] just escaping from [others] who live in error.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through [the] knowledge of [our] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled [and] overcome by it again, their final [condition] is worse than [it was] at first.","f":["SBL and WH the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known [it] and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"Of them the proverbs are true:“ A dog returns to [its] vomit,” and,“ A sow that is washed [goes back] to [her] wallowing in [the] mud.”","f":["Proverbs 26:11"]}]}