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16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[a] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(A)

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  1. 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts

16 These people are grumblers(A) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(B) they boast(C) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

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18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased[a] desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[b] escaped from those who live in error.

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  1. 2.18 Or debauched
  2. 2.18 Other ancient authorities read actually

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.

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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)

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  1. 2.10 Or angels; Gk glories

10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire(A) of the flesh[a] and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;(B)

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  1. 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.

14 Do all things without murmuring and arguing,(A)

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14 Do everything without grumbling(A) or arguing,

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and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.[a](A)

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  1. 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people

and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(A) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

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10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.(A)

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10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(A)—and were killed(B) by the destroying angel.(C)

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18 for they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.”(A)

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18 They said to you, “In the last times(A) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(B)

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First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts(A)

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Above all, you must understand that in the last days(A) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.(B)

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so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(A)

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As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.

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Live as Servants of God

11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)

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  1. 2.11 Or one’s life

Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)

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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)

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14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(C)

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in whose eyes the wicked are despised
    but who honor those who fear the Lord;
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;(A)

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who despises a vile person
    but honors(A) those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath(B) even when it hurts,
    and does not change their mind;

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15 “You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.(A)

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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)

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