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10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority.

Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[a](A) 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring against them a slanderous judgment.[b] 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed,[c] they also will be destroyed, 13 suffering[d] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[e] while they feast with you.(B) 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[f] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! 15 They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor,[g] who loved the wages of doing wrong(C) 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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  1. 2.10 Or angels; Gk glories
  2. 2.11 Other ancient authorities add from the Lord or before the Lord
  3. 2.12 Gk in their destruction
  4. 2.13 Other ancient authorities read receiving
  5. 2.13 Other ancient authorities read love feasts
  6. 2.14 Gk adulteress; or longing for an adulteress
  7. 2.15 Other ancient authorities read Beor

10 and especially (A)those who indulge[a] in the lust of defiling passion and (B)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (C)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 (D)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 (E)But these, like irrational animals, (F)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 (G)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (H)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[b] while (I)they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[c] (J)insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts (K)trained in greed. (L)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, (M)they have gone astray. They have followed (N)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (O)gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (P)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh
  2. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
  3. 2 Peter 2:14 Or eyes full of an adulteress