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10 especially malista · de those ho who in en polluting miasmos lust epithumia indulge poreuō the flesh sarx and kai despise kataphroneō authority kyriotēs. These bold tolmētēs and insolent authadēs people are not ou afraid tremō to slander blasphēmeō the glorious ones doxa, 11 whereas hopou angels angelos, although eimi greater megas in strength ischus and kai power dynamis, do not ou bring pherō a slanderous blasphēmos judgment krisis against kata them autos before para the Lord kyrios. 12 But de these houtos people , like hōs irrational alogos animals zōon, born gennaō creatures of instinct physikos to be eis captured halōsis and kai destroyed phthora, are ignorant agnoeō of en those hos whom they slander blasphēmeō, and in en · ho their autos destruction phthora will themselves also kai be destroyed phtheirō, 13 suffering harm adikeō as the reward misthos for the harm adikia they have done. They consider hēgeomai indulgence hēdonē · ho in en the daytime hēmera a pleasure tryphē. They are spots spilos and kai blemishes mōmos, reveling entryphaō in en · ho their autos deceitful pleasures apatē while they feast with syneuōcheomai you hymeis. 14 They have echō eyes ophthalmos full mestos of adultery moichalis · kai that do not stop akatapaustos sinning hamartia. They seduce deleazō unstable astēriktos souls psychē and have echō hearts kardia well trained gymnazō in greed pleonexia. Accursed katara brood teknon! 15 Forsaking kataleipō the right way hodos, they have gone astray planaō, following exakoloutheō the ho way hodos of ho Balaam Balaam, the son of ho Beor Bosor, who hos loved agapaō the reward misthos of wrongdoing adikia. 16 But de he was echō rebuked elenxis for his own idios transgression paranomia—a dumb aphōnos donkey hypozygion, speaking phthengomai with en the voice phōnē of a man anthrōpos, restrained kōlyō the ho madness paraphronia of the ho prophet prophētēs.

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10 and especially those who [a](A)indulge the flesh in its corrupt passion, and (B)despise [b]authority.

[c]Reckless, (C)self-centered, they (D)speak abusively of angelic [d]majesties without trembling, 11 (E)whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a demeaning judgment against them before the Lord. 12 But (F)these, like unreasoning animals, (G)born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, using abusive speech where they have no knowledge, will in [e]the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, 13 suffering wrong as (H)the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to (I)revel in the (J)daytime. They are stains and blemishes, (K)reveling in their [f]deceptions as they (L)feast with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery [g]that never cease from sin, (M)enticing (N)unstable souls, having hearts trained in (O)greed, (P)accursed children; 15 abandoning (Q)the right way, they have gone astray, having followed (R)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (S)the [h]reward of unrighteousness; 16 but he received a rebuke for his own offense, (T)for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Lit go after
  2. 2 Peter 2:10 Lit lordship
  3. 2 Peter 2:10 Or Audacious
  4. 2 Peter 2:10 Lit glories
  5. 2 Peter 2:12 Lit their destruction also
  6. 2 Peter 2:13 One early ms love feasts
  7. 2 Peter 2:14 Lit and unceasing from sin
  8. 2 Peter 2:15 Or wages