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2 Peter 2
Contemporary English Version
2 Peter 2
Contemporary English Version
False Prophets and Teachers
2 Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves. 2 Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way. 3 They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.
4 God did not have pity on the angels that sinned. He had them tied up and thrown into the dark pits of hell until the time of judgment. 5 (A) And during Noah's time, God did not have pity on the ungodly people of the world. He destroyed them with a flood, though he did save eight people, including Noah, who preached the truth.
6 (B) God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah[a] by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.
7-8 (C) Lot lived right and was greatly troubled by the terrible way those wicked people were living. He was a good man, and day after day he suffered because of the evil things he saw and heard. So the Lord rescued him. 9 This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.
10 The Lord is especially hard on people who disobey him and don't think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and are not afraid of cursing the glorious beings in heaven. 11 Although angels are more powerful than these evil beings,[b] even the angels don't dare to accuse them to the Lord.
12 These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them. 13 They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil.
They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful and selfish way they carry on.[c] 14 All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!
15 (D) They have left the true road and have gone down the wrong path by following the example of the prophet Balaam. He was the son of Beor and loved what he got from being a crook. 16 But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.
17 These people are like dried up water holes and clouds blown by a windstorm. The darkest part of hell is waiting for them. 18 They brag out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life. 19 They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.
20 When they learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they escaped from the filthy things of this world. But they are again caught up and controlled by these filthy things, and now they are in worse shape than they were at first. 21 They would have been better off if they had never known about the right way. Even after they knew what was right, they turned their backs on the holy commandments they were given. 22 (E) What happened to them is just like the true saying,
“A dog will come back
to lick up its own vomit.
A pig that has been washed
will roll in the mud.”
Footnotes
- 2.6 Sodom and Gomorrah: During the time of Abraham the Lord destroyed these cities because the people there were so evil (see Genesis 19.24).
- 2.11 evil beings: Or “evil teachers.”
- 2.13 and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful and selfish way they carry on: Some manuscripts have “and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful way they carry on during your feasts of Christian love.”
2 Pedro 2
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
2 Pedro 2
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang Mini nga mga Magtutudlo
2 Apan kaniadto may mini usab nga mga propeta diha sa katawhan sa Israel. Sama usab niini ang mahitabo kaninyo: may mini nga mga magtutudlo nga motungha diha kaninyo. Magdala sila sa pagtulon-an nga maoy makaguba sa inyong pagtuo sa Dios. Isalikway gani nila ang Ginoo nga nagtubos kanila. Busa sa madali silotan sila sa Dios. 2 Daghan ang mosunod sa ilang makauulaw nga binuhatan. Ug tamayon sa mga tawo ang kamatuoran nga atong ginasunod tungod kanila. 3 Kining mini nga mga magtutudlo maghimo ug mga tinumotumo nga sugilanon aron panapian kamo nila. Wala sila masayod nga dugay na sila nga hinukman sa Dios, ug hapit na silang malaglag.
4 Wala gani kaloy-i sa Dios ang mga anghel nga nagpakasala kaniadto. Gipriso hinuon sila sa lawom ug mangiob nga bung-aw, ug atua sila didto hangtod sa adlaw sa paghukom. 5 Wala gani niya kaloy-i ang mga tawo kaniadto nga dili diosnon, gipalunopan hinuon niya ang kalibotan ug nangamatay silang tanan. Apan giluwas niya si Noe nga nagsangyaw sa pagkamatarong ug ang pito niya ka kauban. 6 Agig silot gisunog sa Dios ang mga siyudad sa Sodoma ug Gomora aron ipakita kon unsa ang mahitabo sa mga tawo nga dili diosnon. 7-8 Apan giluwas niya si Lot tungod kay matarong kini, ug nasubo gayod sa mga malaw-ay nga binuhatan sa iyang mga katagilungsod nga walay mga baroganan. Adlaw-adlaw nakita ug nadungog ni Lot ang ilang daotan nga mga binuhatan sa dihang nagpuyo siya uban kanila, ug kini nakapasubo kanunay kaniya. 9 Dinhi makita nato nga ang Ginoo makahimo pagluwas sa mga diosnon kon moabot kanila ang mga pagsulay, ug pagsilot sa mga daotan hangtod sa adlaw sa paghukom, 10 ilabi na gayod niadtong mga tawo nga dili magpasakop kaniya ug nagsunod lang sa ilang mahugaw nga mga tinguha.
Kining mini nga mga magtutudlo nga akong gihisgotan mga mapangahason ug mapahitas-on, ug wala silay kahadlok nga motamay sa gamhanan nga mga binuhat. 11 Bisan gani ang mga anghel nga mas kusgan ug mas gamhanan pa niining mga mini nga magtutudlo wala magtamay sa gamhanan nga mga binuhat sa dihang ilang gisulti ang gipakanaog nga hukom sa Dios alang kanila. 12 Apan kining mga tawhana nagtamay sa mga butang nga wala gani nila masabti. Sama sila sa mga mananap nga walay paghunahuna kon unsay ilang gibuhat, ug walay lain nga dangatan kondili dakpon ug patyon. Laglagon gayod kining mga tawhana. 13 Mao kini ang balos sa ilang gibuhat nga daotan ngadto sa uban. Ang ilang giisip nga kalipay mao ang pagbuhat sa mga makauulaw nga binuhatan nga ilang nagustohan bisan adlawng dako. Mao kining mga tawhana ang nagabuling ug nagahatag ug kaulawan kaninyo kon makita sila uban sa inyong panagtigom, kay ang ilang tinuod nga katuyoan sa ilang pag-uban kaninyo sa pagpangaon mao lang ang paglimbong kaninyo. 14 Kon motan-aw sila sa mga babaye maghunahuna dayon sila sa pagpamaye. Wala sila pul-i sa pagpakasala ug ginatintal pa gayod nila ang mga huyang sa pagtuo aron magpakasala. Nabatasan na nila ang pagkahakog. Tinunglo na sila sa Dios! 15 Gibiyaan nila ang matarong nga mga pagtulon-an, busa nahisalaag sila. Gisunod nila ang gibuhat sa anak ni Beor nga si Balaam nga misugot nga suholan sa pagbuhat ug daotan. 16 Ug tungod kay gilapas niya ang sugo sa Dios, gibadlong siya pinaagi sa asno nga misulti sama sa tawo, busa napugngan siya sa iya untang binuang nga pagabuhaton.
17 Kining mini nga mga magtutudlo nahisama sa mga tuboran nga nahubsan ug sa mga panganod nga ginapalid sa kusog nga hangin.[a] Busa gitagana na sa Dios alang kanila ang lugar nga mangitngit kaayo. 18 Ginagamit nila ang makadani nga mga pulong, apan walay pulos ang ilang ginasulti. Pinaagi sa ilang pagtudlo nga dili kuno daotan ang pagsunod sa lawasnon nga kailibgon, ginatintal nila ang mga tawo nga bag-o pa lang mibulag sa mga tawo nga nagpakasala. 19 Gisaad nila ang kagawasan ngadto sa mga mosunod kanila, apan sila mismo malaglag tungod sa sala nga nagaulipon kanila. Kay ang tawo ulipon sa bisan unsa nga nagagahom kaniya. 20 Ang mga tawo nga nakaila na kang Ginoong Jesu-Cristo nga atong Manluluwas gawasnon na sa daotan nga mga kinaiya nga nagagahom sa katawhan dinhi sa kalibotan. Apan kon mobalik sila sa ilang daotan nga kinaiya ug mahimo na usab silang ulipon sa ilang mga sala, mas daotan pa gayod unya ang ilang dangatan kaysa ilang kahimtang kaniadto sa wala pa sila motuo kang Cristo. 21 Maayo pa kon wala na lang sila masayod sa pagpakamatarong sa Dios, kaysa nasayod sila apan human niini motalikod sila sa mga sugo sa Dios ngadto kanila. 22 Ang ilang gibuhat sama gayod sa gi-ingon sa panultihon nga, “Ang iro mokaon sa iyang gisuka,”[b] ug “Ang baboy nga bag-o lang gikaligoan molunang pagbalik sa lapok.”
Footnotes
- 2:17 Ang buot ipasabot, walay makuha kanila. Wala silay pulos.
- 2:22
Tan-awa usab ang Pan. 26:11.
2 Peter 2
New International Version
2 Peter 2
New International Version
False Teachers and Their Destruction
2 But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(H) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(I) 5 if he did not spare the ancient world(J) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(K) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(L) 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(M) and made them an example(N) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(O) 7 and if he rescued Lot,(P) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(Q) 8 (for that righteous man,(R) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(S) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(T) 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire(U) of the flesh[c] and despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;(V) 11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from[d] the Lord.(W) 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(X)
13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(Y) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[e](Z) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(AA) the unstable;(AB) they are experts in greed(AC)—an accursed brood!(AD) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(AE) son of Bezer,[f] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(AF)
17 These people are springs without water(AG) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(AH) 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(AI) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(AJ) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(AK) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(AL) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(AM) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(AN) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(AO) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[g](AP) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
- 2 Peter 2:10 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.
- 2 Peter 2:11 Many manuscripts beings in the presence of
- 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
- 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor
- 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11
2 Peter 2
King James Version
2 Peter 2
King James Version
2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10 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.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
2 Peter 2
New King James Version
2 Peter 2
New King James Version
Destructive Doctrines
2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.
Doom of False Teachers
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to [b]hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of (B)Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and (C)delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (D)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9 then (E)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially (F)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. (G)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of [c]dignitaries, 11 whereas (H)angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
Depravity of False Teachers
12 But these, (I)like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13 (J)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (K)to [d]carouse in the daytime. (L)They are spots and blemishes, [e]carousing in their own deceptions while (M)they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of [f]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (N)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of (O)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 (P)These are wells without water, [g]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness [h]forever.
Deceptions of False Teachers
18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [i]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [j]corruption; (Q)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [k]bondage. 20 For if, after they (R)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (S)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For (T)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (U)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:3 M will not
- 2 Peter 2:4 Lit. Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:10 glorious ones, lit. glories
- 2 Peter 2:13 revel
- 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
- 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU and mists
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU omits forever
- 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
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