2 Peter 2 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Rise of False Prophets

1 But false ^G5578 prophets ^G5578 also ^G2532 arose ^G1096 among ^G1722 the people ^G2992, just ^G5613 as ^G5613 there will also ^G2532 be false ^G5572 teachers ^G5572 among ^G1722 you, who ^G3748 will secretly ^G3919 introduce ^G3919 destructive ^G684 heresies ^G139, even ^G2532 denying ^G720 the Master ^G1203 who bought ^G59 them, bringing ^G1863 swift ^G5031 destruction ^G684 upon ^G1863 themselves ^G1438.

2 And many ^G4183 will follow ^G1811 their sensuality ^G766, and because ^G1223 of them the way ^G3598 of the truth ^G225 will be maligned ^G987. 3 And in their greed ^G4124 they will exploit ^G1710 you with false ^G4112 words ^G3056, their judgment ^G2917 from long ^G1597 ago ^G1597 is not idle ^G691, and their destruction ^G684 is not asleep ^G3573.

4 For if ^G1487 God ^G2316 did not spare ^G5339 angels ^G32 who sinned ^G264, but cast ^G5020 them into ^G5020 the ^G5020 [fn]pit ^G5020 and delivered ^G3860 them to chains ^G4577 of darkness ^G2217, being kept ^G5083 for judgment ^G2920; 5 and did not spare ^G5339 the ancient ^G744 world ^G2889, but preserved ^G5442 Noah ^G3575, a [fn]preacher ^G2783 of righteousness ^G1343, with seven ^G3590 others ^G3590, when He brought ^G1863 a flood ^G2627 upon ^G1863 the world ^G2889 of the ungodly ^G765; 6 and if He condemned ^G2632 the cities ^G4172 of Sodom ^G4670 and Gomorrah ^G1116 to destruction ^G2692 by reducing ^G5077 them to ^G5077 ashes ^G5077, having made ^G5087 them an example ^G5262 to those who would ^G3195 live ^G764 ungodly ^G764 lives thereafter ^G3195; 7 and if He rescued ^G4506 righteous ^G1342 Lot ^G3091, oppressed ^G2669 by the sensual ^G766 conduct ^G391 of unprincipled ^G113 men ^G113 8 (for by what ^G990 he saw ^G990 and heard ^G189 that righteous ^G1342 man ^G1342, while living ^G1460 among ^G1722 them, felt ^G928 his righteous ^G1342 soul ^G5590 tormented ^G928 day ^G2250 after ^G1537 day ^G2250 by their lawless ^G459 deeds ^G2041), 9 then the Lord ^G2962 knows ^G6063 how ^G6063 to rescue ^G4506 the godly ^G2152 from [fn]trial ^G3986, and to keep ^G5083 the unrighteous ^G94 under ^G2849 punishment ^G2849 for the day ^G2250 of judgment ^G2920, 10 and especially ^G3122 those ^G3588 who go ^G4198 after the flesh ^G4561 in its corrupt ^G3394 lust ^G1939 and despise ^G2706 authority ^G2963.

Daring ^G5113, self-willed ^G829, they do not tremble ^G5141 when they blaspheme ^G987 [fn]glorious ^G1391 ones, 11 whereas ^G3699 angels ^G32 who are greater ^G3173 in strength ^G2479 and power ^G1411 do not bring ^G5342 a reviling ^G989 judgment ^G2920 against ^G2596 them before ^G3844 the Lord ^G2962. 12 But these ^G3778, like ^G5613 unreasoning ^G249 animals ^G2226, born ^G1080 as creatures ^G5446 of ^G5446 instinct ^G5446 to be captured ^G259 and killed ^G5356, blaspheming ^G987 where ^G1722 G3739 they have ^G50 no ^G50 knowledge ^G50, will in [fn]the destruction ^G5356 of those ^G3778 creatures also ^G2532 be destroyed ^G5351, 13 suffering ^G91 unrighteousness ^G91 as the wages ^G3408 of their unrighteousness ^G93, considering ^G2233 it a pleasure ^G2237 to revel ^G5172 in the daytime ^G2250—they are stains ^G4696 and blemishes ^G3470, reveling ^G1792 in their [fn]deceptions ^G539, as they feast ^G4910 with you, 14 having ^G2192 eyes ^G3788 full ^G3324 of adultery ^G3428 and unceasing ^G180 sin ^G266, enticing ^G1185 unstable ^G793 souls ^G5590, having ^G2192 a heart ^G2588 trained ^G1128 in greed ^G4124—they are accursed ^G2671 children ^G5043. 15 Forsaking ^G2641 the right ^G2117 way ^G3598, they have gone ^G4105 astray ^G4105, having followed ^G1811 the way ^G3598 of Balaam ^G903, the son of Beor ^G1007, who ^G3739 loved ^G25 the wages ^G3408 of unrighteousness ^G93, 16 but he received ^G2192 a rebuke ^G1649 for his own ^G2398 lawlessness ^G3892, for a mute ^G880 donkey ^G5268, speaking ^G5350 out with a voice ^G5456 of a man ^G444, restrained ^G2967 the madness ^G3913 of the prophet ^G4396.

17 These ^G3778 are springs ^G4077 without ^G504 water ^G504 and mists ^G3658 driven ^G1643 by a storm ^G2978, for whom ^G3739 the [fn]black ^G2217 darkness ^G4655 has been kept ^G5083. 18 For speaking ^G5350 out arrogant ^G5246 words of vanity ^G3153, they entice ^G1185 by sensual ^G766 lusts ^G1939 of the flesh ^G4561, those ^G3588 who barely ^G6067 escape ^G668 from the ones who conducted ^G390 themselves in error ^G4106, 19 promising ^G1861 them freedom ^G1657 while they themselves ^G846 are slaves ^G1401 of corruption ^G5356; for by what ^G3739 a man ^G5100 is ^G2274 overcome ^G2274, by this ^G3778 he is enslaved ^G1402. 20 For if ^G1487 they are ^G2274 overcome ^G2274, having both escaped ^G668 the defilements ^G3393 of the world ^G2889 by the knowledge ^G1922 of the Lord ^G2962 and Savior ^G4990 Jesus ^G2424 Christ ^G5547 and having again ^G3825 been entangled ^G1707 in ^G1707 them, then the last ^G2078 state has become ^G1096 worse ^G5501 for them than the first ^G4413. 21 For it would be better ^G2909 for them not to have known ^G1921 the way ^G3598 of righteousness ^G1343, than ^G2228 having known ^G1921 it, to turn ^G5290 away ^G5290 from the holy ^G40 commandment ^G1785 handed ^G3860 on to them. 22 The ^G3588 [fn]message of the true ^G227 proverb ^G3942 has happened ^G4819 to them, “A DOG ^G2965 RETURNS ^G1994 TO ITS OWN ^G2398 VOMIT ^G1829,” and, “A sow ^G5300, after washing ^G3068, returns to wallowing ^G2946 in the mire ^G1004.”