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2 Peter 2:10-16
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10 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries; 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord. 12 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed, 13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you; 14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

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2 Peter 2:10-16
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10 and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust[a] and who despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they do not tremble in awe as they[b] blaspheme majestic beings, 11 whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a demeaning judgment.[c] 12 But these persons, like irrational animals born only with natural instincts for capture and killing, blaspheming about things[d] they do not understand, in their destruction will also be destroyed, 13 being harmed as the wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, they are stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures when they[e] feast together with you, 14 having eyes full of desire for an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, and[f] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children! 15 By[g] leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, because they[h] followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,[i] who loved the wages of unrighteousness, 16 but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness[j].

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Literally “in lust of defilement,” translated here as an attributive genitive
  2. 2 Peter 2:10 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“blaspheme”) which is understood as temporal
  3. 2 Peter 2:11 Some manuscripts have “a demeaning judgment from the Lord”
  4. 2 Peter 2:12 Literally “with reference to which”
  5. 2 Peter 2:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“feast together”) which is understood as temporal
  6. 2 Peter 2:14 Here “and” is supplied in keeping with English style
  7. 2 Peter 2:15 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“leaving”) which is understood as means
  8. 2 Peter 2:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“followed”) which is understood as causal
  9. 2 Peter 2:15 Although some English versions use “Beor” here, this is due to harmonization with the Old Testament; the vast majority of Greek manuscripts read “Bosor” here
  10. 2 Peter 2:16 Literally “the of the prophet madness”
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