2 Peter 2:12-19

English Standard Version

^12 (A)But these, like irrational animals, ^(B)creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, ¹³ suffering wrong as ^(C)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^(D)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,^[a] while ^(E)they feast with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery,^{[b] (F)}insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^(G)trained in greed. ^(H)Accursed children! ¹⁵ Forsaking the right way, ^(I)they have gone astray. They have followed ^(J)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^(K)gain from wrongdoing, ¹⁶ but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^(L)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

^17 (M)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^(N)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. ¹⁸ For, ^(O)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^(P)escaping from those who live in error. ¹⁹ They promise them ^(Q)freedom, ^(R)but they themselves are slaves^[c] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.