2 Peter 2:17-22
New American Standard Bible
17 These are (A)springs without water and mists driven by a storm, (B)for whom the [a]black darkness has been reserved. 18 For, while speaking out (C)arrogant words of no (D)value they (E)entice by fleshly desires, by (F)indecent behavior, those who barely (G)escape from the ones who live in error, 19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for (H)by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved. 20 For if, after they have (I)escaped the defilements of the world by (J)the knowledge of the (K)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again (L)entangled in them and are overcome, (M)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 (N)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from (O)the holy commandment (P)handed on to them. 22 [b]It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “(Q)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”
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- 2 Peter 2:17 Lit blackness of darkness
- 2 Peter 2:22 Lit The thing of the true proverb has happened to them
2 Peter 2:17-22
English Standard Version
17 (A)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. (B)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, (C)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (D)escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them (E)freedom, (F)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, (G)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (H)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (I)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For (J)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (K)the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (L)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
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