2 Peter 2:18-20
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
18 For while uttering pompous[a] words of [b] futility[c], they entice by the desires of the flesh, by[d] sensualities, the ones barely[e] escaping-from the ones living in error, 19 promising them freedom, themselves being slaves of corruption. For by what one has been defeated, by this he has been enslaved.
Their Slavery Now Is Worse Than Ever
20 For if— having escaped-from the defilements of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and again having been entangled by these things— they[f] are defeated, then the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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- 2 Peter 2:18 Or, swollen, excessive, bombastic.
- 2 Peter 2:18 That is, characterized by.
- 2 Peter 2:18 Or, uselessness, worthlessness.
- 2 Peter 2:18 Or, for. Or, by the sensual desires of the flesh.
- 2 Peter 2:18 That is, just beginning to.
- 2 Peter 2:20 That is, the false teachers (v 17-18a); or, their victims (v 18b-19); or, this may be a general principle referring to all.
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