Dual Panel1But <1161> there were <1096> (5633) false prophets <5578> also <2532> among <1722> the people <2992>_, even <2532> as <5613> there shall be <2071> (5704) false teachers <5572> among <1722> you <5213>_, who <3748> privily shall bring in <3919> (5692) damnable <684> heresies <139>_, even <2532> denying <720> (5740) the Lord <1203> that bought <59> (5660) them <846>_, and bring <1863> (5723) upon themselves <1438> swift <5031> destruction <684>_.
2And <2532> many <4183> shall follow <1811> (5692) their <846> pernicious ways <684>_; by reason of <1223> whom <3739> the way <3598> of truth <225> shall be evil spoken of <987> (5701)_. {pernicious ways: or, lascivious ways, as some copies read}
3And <2532> through <1722> covetousness <4124> shall they with feigned <4112> words <3056> make merchandise <1710> (5695) of you <5209>_: whose <3739> judgment <2917> now of a long time <1597> lingereth <691> (5719) not <3756>_, and <2532> their <846> damnation <684> slumbereth <3573> (5719) not <3756>_.
4For <1063> if <1487> God <2316> spared <5339> (5662) not <3756> the angels <32> that sinned <264> (5660)_, but <235> cast [them] down to hell <5020> (5660)_, and delivered <3860> (5656) [them] into chains <4577> of darkness <2217>_, to be reserved <5083> (5772) unto <1519> judgment <2920>_;
5And <2532> spared <5339> (5662) not <3756> the old <744> world <2889>_, but <235> saved <5442> (5656) Noah <3575> the eighth <3590> [person], a preacher <2783> of righteousness <1343>_, bringing in <1863> (5660) the flood <2627> upon the world <2889> of the ungodly <765>_;
6And <2532> turning <5077> (0) the cities <4172> of Sodom <4670> and <2532> Gomorrha <1116> into ashes <5077> (5660) condemned <2632> (5656) [them] with an overthrow <2692>_, making <5087> (5761) [them] an ensample <5262> unto those that after should <3195> (5723) live ungodly <764> (5721)_;
7And <2532> delivered <4506> (5673) just <1342> Lot <3091>_, vexed <2669> (5746) with <5259> the filthy <766> conversation <391> of the wicked <113>_:
8(For <1063> that righteous man <1342> dwelling <1460> (5723) among <1722> them <846>_, in seeing <990> and <2532> hearing <189>_, vexed <928> (5707) [his] righteous <1342> soul <5590> from day <2250> to <1537> day <2250> with [their] unlawful <459> deeds <2041>;)
9The Lord <2962> knoweth <1492> (5758) how to deliver <4506> (5738) the godly <2152> out of <1537> temptations <3986>_, and <1161> to reserve <5083> (5721) the unjust <94> unto <1519> the day <2250> of judgment <2920> to be punished <2849> (5746)_:
10But <1161> chiefly <3122> them that walk <4198> (5740) after <3694> the flesh <4561> in <1722> the lust <1939> of uncleanness <3394>_, and <2532> despise <2706> (5723) government <2963>_. Presumptuous <5113> [are they], selfwilled <829>_, they are not <3756> afraid <5141> (5719) to speak evil <987> (5723) of dignities <1391>_. {government: or, dominion}
11Whereas <3699> angels <32>_, which are <5607> (5752) greater in <3187> power <2479> and <2532> might <1411>_, bring <5342> (5719) not <3756> railing <989> accusation <2920> against <2596> them <846> before <3844> the Lord <2962>_. {them: some read, themselves}
12But <1161> these <3778>_, as <5613> natural <5446> brute <249> beasts <2226>_, made <1080> (5772) to <1519> be taken <259> and <2532> destroyed <5356>_, speak evil <987> (5723) of <1722> the things that <3739> they understand not <50> (5719)_; and shall utterly perish <2704> (5691) in <1722> their own <846> corruption <5356>_;
13And shall receive <2865> (5697) the reward <3408> of unrighteousness <93>_, [as] they that count <2233> (5740) it pleasure <2237> to riot <5172> in <1722> the day time <2250>_. Spots <4696> [they are] and <2532> blemishes <3470>_, sporting themselves <1792> (5723) with <1722> their own <846> deceivings <539> while they feast <4910> (5740) with you <5213>_;
14Having <2192> (5723) eyes <3788> full <3324> of adultery <3428>_, and <2532> that cannot cease from <180> sin <266>_; beguiling <1185> (5723) unstable <793> souls <5590>_: an heart <2588> they have <2192> (5723) exercised <1128> (5772) with covetous practices <4124>_; cursed <2671> children <5043>_: {adultery: Gr. an adulteress}
15Which have forsaken <2641> (5631) the right <2117> way <3598>_, and are gone astray <4105> (5681)_, following <1811> (5660) the way <3598> of Balaam <903> [the son] of Bosor <1007>_, who <3739> loved <25> (5656) the wages <3408> of unrighteousness <93>_;
16But <1161> was <2192> (5627) rebuked <1649> for his <2398> iniquity <3892>_: the dumb <880> ass <5268> speaking <5350> (5674) with <1722> man's <444> voice <5456> forbad <2967> (5656) the madness <3913> of the prophet <4396>_.
17These <3778> are <1526> (5748) wells <4077> without water <504>_, clouds <3507> that are carried <1643> (5746) with <5259> a tempest <2978>_; to whom <3739> the mist <2217> of darkness <4655> is reserved <5083> (5769) for <1519> ever <165>_.
18For <1063> when they speak <5350> (5726) great swelling <5246> [words] of vanity <3153>_, they allure <1185> (5719) through <1722> the lusts <1939> of the flesh <4561>_, [through much] wantonness <766>_, those that were clean <3689> escaped <668> (5631) from them who live <390> (5746) in <1722> error <4106>_. {clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read}
19While they promise <1861> (5740) them <846> liberty <1657>_, they themselves <846> are <5225> (5723) the servants <1401> of corruption <5356>_: for <1063> of whom <3739> a man <5100> is overcome <2274> (5766)_, <2532> of the same <5129> is he brought in bondage <1402> (5769)_.
20For <1063> if <1487> after they have escaped <668> (5631) the pollutions <3393> of the world <2889> through <1722> the knowledge <1922> of the Lord <2962> and <2532> Saviour <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>_, they are <1707> (0) again <3825> entangled <1707> (5651) therein <5125>_, and <1161> overcome <1096> (5754) <2274> (5736)_, the latter end <2078> is worse <5501> with them <846> than the beginning <4413>_.
21For <1063> it had been <2258> (5713) better <2909> for them <846> not <3361> to have known <1921> (5760) the way <3598> of righteousness <1343>_, than <2228>_, after they have known <1921> (5631) [it], to turn <1994> (5658) from <1537> the holy <40> commandment <1785> delivered <3860> (5685) unto them <846>_.
22But <1161> it is happened <4819> (5758) unto them <846> according to <3588> the true <227> proverb <3942>_, The dog <2965> [is] turned <1994> (0) to <1909> his own <2398> vomit <1829> again <1994> (5660)_; and <2532> the sow <5300> that was washed <3068> (5671) to <1519> her wallowing <2946> in the mire <1004>_.