2 Petrus 2
Luther Bibel 1545
2 Es waren auch falsche Propheten unter dem Volk, wie auch unter euch sein werden falsche Lehrer, die nebeneinführen werden verderbliche Sekten und verleugnen den HERRN, der sie erkauft hat, und werden über sich selbst herbeiführen eine schnelle Verdammnis.
2 Und viele werden nachfolgen ihrem Verderben; um welcher willen wird der Weg der Wahrheit verlästert werden.
3 Und durch Geiz mit erdichteten Worten werden sie an euch Gewinn suchen; welchen das Urteil von lange her nicht säumig ist, und ihre Verdammnis schläft nicht.
4 Denn Gott hat die Engel, die gesündigt haben, nicht verschont, sondern hat sie mit Ketten der Finsternis zur Hölle verstoßen und übergeben, daß sie zum Gericht behalten werden;
5 und hat nicht verschont die vorige Welt, sondern bewahrte Noah, den Prediger der Gerechtigkeit, selbacht und führte die Sintflut über die Welt der Gottlosen;
6 und hat die Städte Sodom und Gomorra zu Asche gemacht, umgekehrt und verdammt, damit ein Beispiel gesetzt den Gottlosen, die hernach kommen würden;
7 und hat erlöst den gerechten Lot, welchem die schändlichen Leute alles Leid taten mit ihrem unzüchtigen Wandel;
8 denn dieweil er gerecht war und unter ihnen wohnte, daß er's sehen und hören mußte, quälten sie die gerechte Seele von Tag zu Tage mit ihren ungerechten Werken.
9 Der HERR weiß die Gottseligen aus der Versuchung zu erlösen, die Ungerechten aber zu behalten zum Tage des Gerichts, sie zu peinigen,
10 allermeist aber die, so da wandeln nach dem Fleisch in der unreinen Lust, und die Herrschaft verachten, frech, eigensinnig, nicht erzittern, die Majestäten zu lästern,
11 so doch die Engel, die größere Stärke und Macht haben, kein lästerlich Urteil wider sie fällen vor dem HERRN.
12 Aber sie sind wie die unvernünftigen Tiere, die von Natur dazu geboren sind, daß sie gefangen und geschlachtet werden, lästern, davon sie nichts wissen, und werden in ihrem verderblichen Wissen umkommen
13 und den Lohn der Ungerechtigkeit davonbringen. Sie achten für Wollust das zeitliche Wohlleben, sie sind Schandflecken und Laster, prangen von euren Almosen, prassen mit dem Euren,
14 haben Augen voll Ehebruchs, lassen sich die Sünde nicht wehren, locken an sich die leichtfertigen Seelen, haben ein Herz, durchtrieben mit Geiz, verfluchte Leute.
15 Sie haben verlassen den richtigen Weg und gehen irre und folgen nach dem Wege Bileams, des Sohnes Beors, welcher liebte den Lohn der Ungerechtigkeit,
16 hatte aber eine Strafe seiner Übertretung: das stumme lastbare Tier redete mit Menschenstimme und wehrte des Propheten Torheit.
17 Das sind Brunnen ohne Wasser, und Wolken, vom Windwirbel umgetrieben, welchen behalten ist eine dunkle Finsternis in Ewigkeit.
18 Denn sie reden stolze Worte, dahinter nichts ist, und reizen durch Unzucht zur fleischlichen Lust diejenigen, die recht entronnen waren denen, die im Irrtum wandeln,
19 und verheißen ihnen Freiheit, ob sie wohl selbst Knechte des Verderbens sind. Denn von wem jemand überwunden ist, des Knecht ist er geworden.
20 Denn so sie entflohen sind dem Unflat der Welt durch die Erkenntnis des HERRN und Heilandes Jesu Christi, werden aber wiederum in denselben verflochten und überwunden, ist mit ihnen das Letzte ärger geworden denn das Erste.
21 Denn es wäre ihnen besser, daß sie den Weg der Gerechtigkeit nicht erkannt hätten, als daß sie erkennen und sich kehren von dem heiligen Gebot, das ihnen gegeben ist.
22 Es ist ihnen widerfahren das wahre Sprichwort: "Der Hund frißt wieder, was er gespieen hat;" und: "Die Sau wälzt sich nach der Schwemme wieder im Kot."
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
American Standard Version
2 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in [a]destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but [b]cast them down to [c]hell, and committed them to [d]pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, [e]a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, [f]vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment; 10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at [g]dignities: 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord. 12 But these, as creatures without reason, born [h]mere animals [i]to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their [j]destroying surely be destroyed, 13 suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their [k]deceivings while they feast with you; 14 having eyes full of [l]adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of [m]Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. 17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. 18 For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of [n]whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [o]the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, [p]The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:1 Or, sects of perdition
- 2 Peter 2:4 Or, cast them into dungeons
- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus.
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some ancient authorities read chains. Compare Wisd. 17:17.
- 2 Peter 2:5 Greek a herald.
- 2 Peter 2:8 Greek tormented.
- 2 Peter 2:10 Greek glories.
- 2 Peter 2:12 Greek natural.
- 2 Peter 2:12 Or, to take and to destroy
- 2 Peter 2:12 Or, corruption. Compare 1 Tim. 6:9.
- 2 Peter 2:13 Some ancient authorities read love-feasts. Compare Jude 12.
- 2 Peter 2:14 Greek an adulteress.
- 2 Peter 2:15 Many ancient authorities read Bosor.
- 2 Peter 2:19 Or, what
- 2 Peter 2:20 Many ancient authorities read our.
- 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11.
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