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2 Peter 2:17-18
New English Translation
2 Peter 2:17-18
New English Translation
17 These men[a] are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness[b] have been reserved. 18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words[c] they are able to entice,[d] with fleshly desires and with debauchery,[e] people[f] who have just escaped[g] from those who reside in error.[h]
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- 2 Peter 2:17 tn Although some translations have simply “these” or “these people,” since in v. 14 they are described as having eyes “full of an adulteress,” men are in view.
- 2 Peter 2:17 tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness.” Verse 4 speaks of wicked angels presently in “chains of utter darkness,” while the final fate of the false teachers is a darker place still.
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “they entice.”
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “those.”
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”
- 2 Peter 2:18 tn Or “deceit.”
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