Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
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 Master who bought them —
bringing swift
destruction
on
themselves .
And
there did
come
also false prophets among the people, as also
among
you
there shall
be false teachers ,
who
shall
bring
in
besides
destructive sects
, and
the Master who bought them denying,
bringing to
themselves quick
destruction,
Many will
follow in
their depravity
, and
because of them
the way of truth will
be defamed.
and
many shall
follow out
their destructive
ways
, because of whom
the way of the
truth shall
be evil
spoken
of,
In their
greed
, these
false
teachers
will
exploit
you
with deceptive
words .
The
longstanding
verdict
against
them
remains
in
force
, and their destruction does
not sleep
.
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
.
For if God did not spare the
angels
when
they
sinned
, but cast them deep
into
hell
, placing
them in
chains
of
darkness
to be
held
for
judgment ;
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,
if
He
did not spare the
ancient
world
when
He
brought
the
flood
on
its
ungodly
people
, but preserved
Noah, a
preacher
of righteousness, among
the eight;
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,
if
He
condemned
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to
destruction,
reducing
them
to ashes as
an example of
what
is
coming
on
the
ungodly
;
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'
;
and if
He
rescued
Lot, a
righteous
man
distressed
by the depraved
conduct of the lawless
and righteous
Lot, worn
down
by the conduct in
lasciviousness
of the impious,
He
did
rescue,
(
for that
righteous man, living
among them day after
day ,
was
tormented
in
his
righteous soul by
the
lawless
deeds
he
saw
and
heard)—
for in
seeing
and
hearing,
the
righteous man, dwelling
among them ,
day by
day the
righteous soul with
unlawful
works
was
harassing.
if
all
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 .
The Lord hath
known
to rescue pious
ones
out
of
temptation,
and unrighteous ones
to
a
day of judgment ,
being
punished,
to
keep,
Such
punishment
is
specially
reserved
for
those who
indulge
the
corrupt
desires
of
the flesh and
despise
authority.
Bold
and self- willed
, they are unafraid
to slander
glorious
beings.
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,
Yet
not
even
angels
, though
greater
in strength and power, dare
to
bring
such
slanderous
charges
against them before the Lord .
whereas
messengers
, in strength and power being
greater
, do
not
bear
against them before the Lord an
evil
speaking
judgment;
These men
are
like
irrational
animals
, creatures
of
instinct
, born
to be captured
and destroyed .
They
blaspheme
in matters
they do
not
understand,
and
like
such
creatures
, they
too
will
be destroyed .
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 ,
The
harm
they
will
suffer
is
the
wages
of
their
wickedness.
They
consider
it
a
pleasure
to carouse
in broad
daylight.
They
are
blots
and blemishes, reveling
in their deception
as
they
feast
with you .
about
to receive
a
reward
of
unrighteousness,
pleasures
counting
the
luxury
in the
day,
spots
and blemishes, luxuriating
in their deceits,
feasting
with you ,
Their
eyes are
full of adultery ;
their
desire
for
sin is
never
satisfied;
they
seduce
the
unstable .
They
are
accursed
children
with
hearts
trained
in greed.
having
eyes full of adultery ,
and
unable
to
cease
from
sin ,
enticing
unstable souls,
having
an
heart
exercised
in covetousnesses,
children
of
a
curse,
They
have
left
the
straight
way and
wandered
off
to
follow
the way of Balaam son of Beor
, who loved
the
wages
of wickedness.
having
forsaken
a
right
way ,
they
did
go
astray,
having
followed
in
the way of Balaam the
`
son '
of Bosor
, who a
reward
of unrighteousness
did
love,
But
he
was
rebuked
for
his transgression
by
a donkey,
otherwise
without
speech
, that
spoke
with
a
man’s
voice and
restrained
the prophet’s
madness.
and
had
a
rebuke
of
his own
iniquity
--
a dumb
ass
, in
man's
voice having
spoken,
did
forbid
the madness of
the
prophet
.
These men
are springs
without water and mists
driven
by a storm.
Blackest
darkness is
reserved
for
them.
These are wells
without water ,
and clouds
by a tempest
driven,
to
whom
the
thick
gloom
of
the
darkness to
the
age
hath
been
kept;
With
lofty
but
empty
words
, they appeal
to
the
sensual
passions
of the flesh and
entice
those who are
just
escaping
from others
who
live
in error .
for
overswellings
of
vanity
speaking
, they do
entice
in
desires
of the flesh --
lasciviousnesses,
those who had
truly
escaped
from those
conducting
themselves
in error ,
They
promise
them freedom
, while
they
themselves are
slaves
to
depravity.
For a
man
is
a
slave
to whatever
has
mastered
him.
liberty
to
them promising
, themselves being
servants
of
the
corruption,
for by
whom
any
one
hath
been
overcome,
to this
one
also
he
hath
been
brought
to
servitude,
If indeed
they
have
escaped the corruption
of the world through
the knowledge
of our
Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, only
to
be
entangled
and overcome
by it
again, their
final
condition
is
worse than it
was
at
first .
for,
if having
escaped from
the pollutions
of the world ,
in
the acknowledging
of the
Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, and by these
again being
entangled
, they
have
been
overcome,
become
to
them
hath
the
last
things
worse than the
first ,
It would
have
been
better for
them not to have known
the way of righteousness than to
have
known
it and
then
to turn away
from the holy commandment
passed
on
to them .
for
it were
better to
them not to have acknowledged
the way of the
righteousness ,
than having
acknowledged
`
it ',
to turn back
from the holy command
delivered
to them ,
Of
them the proverbs
are
true :
“
A dog returns
to
its
vomit, ”
and, “
A sow that
is
washed
goes
back
to her
wallowing
in the
mud
. ”
and
happened
to
them hath
that
of
the true similitude;
`
A dog did
turn
back
upon
his
own
vomit, '
and, `
A sow having
bathed
herself
--
to rolling
in mire
. '
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