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2 Peter 2

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who covertly shall bring in destructive sects and shall deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be blasphemed;

3 and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.

4 For if God did not forgive the angels that sinned, but cast <em>them</em> down into the deepest abyss {Gr. Tartarus} and delivered <em>them</em> into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

5 and if <em>he</em> did not forgive the old world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 and if <em>he</em> condemned by destruction the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, turning them into ashes, making <em>them</em> an example unto those that after should live without fear and reverence of God;

7 and delivered just Lot, who was persecuted by those abominable <em>people</em> because of their nefarious conversation;

8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, afflicted <em>his</em> righteous soul from day to day with the deeds of those unjust <em>people</em>);

9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished;

10 and chiefly those that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise dominion; presumptuous, arrogant, they are not afraid to speak evil of the higher powers;

11 whereas even the angels, who are greater in power and might, bring no curse of judgment against them before the Lord.

12 But these, speaking evil of the things that they do not understand (as natural animals without reason, who are made to be taken and destroyed), shall utterly perish in their own corruption,

13 receiving the reward of their unrighteousness, <em>as</em> those that count it pleasure to live luxuriously every day. These are spots and blemishes, who eat <em>together</em> with you, while at the same time they revel in their deceit,

14 having their eyes full of adultery, and not knowing <em>how</em> to cease from sin, baiting unstable souls, having their heart exercised in covetous practices; cursed sons,

15 who forsaking the right way have erred, having followed the way of Balaam <em>the son</em> of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

16 and was rebuked for his iniquity; a dumb animal accustomed to a yoke (upon which he was seated), speaking with man’s voice, hindered the madness of the prophet.

17 These are wells without water, clouds that are brought by <em>a</em> whirlwind, to whom gross darkness is reserved for ever.

18 For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, <em>through much</em> wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,

19 promising them liberty, being they themselves the slaves of corruption: for he who is overcome by someone is subject to bondage by the one that overcame him.

20 Certainly, if having separated themselves from the contaminations of the world, by the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again entangle themselves therein and are overcome, their latter end is made worse for them than the beginnings.

21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known <em>it</em>, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog returns unto his own vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

New International Version NIV

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;

6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;

11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.

12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.

16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

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

19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”

20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”