2 Peter 2:15-18

English Standard Version

¹⁵ Forsaking the right way, ^(A)they have gone astray. They have followed ^(B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^(C)gain from wrongdoing, ¹⁶ but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^(D)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

^17 (E)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^(F)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. ¹⁸ For, ^(G)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^(H)escaping from those who live in error.