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
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
2 Petrusbrevet 2
Svenska 1917
2 Men också falska profeter uppstodo bland folket, likasom jämväl bland eder falska lärare skola komma att finnas, vilka på smygvägar skola införa fördärvliga partimeningar och draga över sig själva plötsligt fördärv, i det att de till och med förneka den Herre som har köpt dem.
2 De skola få många efterföljare i sin lösaktighet, och för deras skull skall sanningens väg bliva smädad.
3 I sin girighet skola de ock med bedrägliga ord bereda sig vinning av eder. Men sedan länge är deras dom i annalkande, den dröjer icke, och deras fördärv sover icke.
4 Ty Gud skonade ju icke de änglar som syndade, utan störtade dem ned i avgrunden och överlämnade dem åt mörkrets hålor, för att där förvaras till domen.
5 Ej heller skonade han den forntida världen, om han ock, när han lät floden komma över de ogudaktigas värld, bevarade Noa såsom rättfärdighetens förkunnare, jämte sju andra.
6 Och städerna Sodom och Gomorra lade han i aska och dömde dem till att omstörtas; han gjorde dem så till ett varnande exempel för kommande tiders ogudaktiga människor.
7 Men han frälste den rättfärdige Lot, som svårt pinades av de gudlösa människornas lösaktiga vandel.
8 Ty genom de ogärningar som han, den rättfärdige mannen, måste se och höra, där han bodde ibland dem, plågades han dag efter dag i sin rättfärdiga själ.
9 Så förstår Herren att frälsa de gudfruktiga ur prövningen, men ock att under straff förvara de orättfärdiga till domens dag.
10 Och detta gör han först och främst med dem som i oren begärelse stå efter köttslig lust och förakta andevärldens herrar. I sitt trots och sin självgodhet bäva dessa människor icke för att smäda andevärldens härlige,
11 under det att änglar som stå ännu högre i starkhet och makt icke om dem uttala någon smädande dom inför Herren.
12 Men på samma sätt som oskäliga djur förgås, varelser som av naturen äro födda till att fångas och förgås, på samma sätt skola ock dessa förgås, eftersom de smäda vad de icke känna till;
13 och de skola så bliva bedragna på den lön som de vilja vinna genom orättfärdighet. De hava sin lust i kräsligt leverne mitt på ljusa dagen. De äro skamfläckar och styggelser, där de vid gästabuden, som de få hålla med eder, frossa i sina njutningar.
14 Deras ögon äro fulla av otuktigt begär och kunna icke få nog av synd. De locka till sig obefästa själar. De hava hjärtan övade i girighet. Förbannade äro de.
15 De hava övergivit den raka vägen och kommit vilse genom att efterfölja Balaam, Beors son, på hans väg. Denne åtrådde ju att vinna lön genom orättfärdighet;
16 men han blev tillrättavisad för sin överträdelse: en stum arbetsåsninna begynte tala med människoröst och hindrade profeten i hans galenskap.
17 Dessa människor äro källor utan vatten, skyar som drivas av stormvinden, och det svarta mörkret är förvarat åt dem.
18 Ty de tala stora ord som äro idel fåfänglighet; och då de nu själva leva i köttsliga begärelser, locka de genom sin lösaktighet till sig människor som med knapp nöd rädda sig undan sådana som vandra i villfarelse.
19 De lova dem frihet, fastän de själva äro förgängelsens trälar; ty den som har låtit sig övervinnas av någon, han har blivit dennes träl.
20 Och då de genom kunskapen om Herren och Frälsaren, Jesus Kristus, hava undkommit världens besmittelser, men sedan åter låta sig insnärjas och övervinnas av dem, så har det sista för dem blivit värre än det första.
21 Ty det hade varit bättre för dem att icke hava lärt känna rättfärdighetens väg, än att nu, sedan de hava lärt känna den, vända tillbaka, bort ifrån det heliga bud som har blivit dem meddelat.
22 Det har gått med dem såsom det riktigt heter i ordspråket: »En hund vänder åter till sina spyor», och: »Ett tvaget svin vältrar sig åter i smutsen.»
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