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and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
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and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
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For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast [them] down to Tartarus, did deliver [them] to judgment, having been reserved,
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and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,
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and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set [them];
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and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,
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for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.
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The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,
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and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
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whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment;
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and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed -- in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil -- in their destruction shall be destroyed,