2 Peter 2:6-16
English Standard Version
6 if by (A)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (B)making them an example of (C)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a] 7 and (D)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (E)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then (F)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[b] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (G)those who indulge[c] in the lust of defiling passion and (H)despise authority.
Bold and willful, they do not tremble (I)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 (J)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 (K)But these, like irrational animals, (L)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 (M)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (N)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[d] while (O)they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[e] (P)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (Q)trained in greed. (R)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, (S)they have gone astray. They have followed (T)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (U)gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (V)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
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- 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
- 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
- 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh
- 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
- 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress
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