2BUT ALSO [in those days] there arose false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among yourselves, who will subtly {and} stealthily introduce heretical doctrines (destructive heresies), even denying {and} disowning the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.G1161G1096G5578G2532G1722G2992G2532G5613G2071G5572G1722G5213G3748G3919G684G139G2532G720G1203G59G846G1863G1438G5031G6842And many will follow their immoral ways {and} lascivious doings; because of them the true Way will be maligned {and} defamed.G2532G4183G1811G846G684G1223G3739G3598G225G9873And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep.G2532G1722G4124G4112G3056G1710G5209G3739G2917G1597G691G3756G2532G846G684G3573G37564For God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept there in pits of gloom till the judgment {and} their doom.G1063G1487G2316G5339G3756G32G264G235G5020G3860G4577G2217G5083G1519G29205And He spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, when He brought a flood upon the world of ungodly [people].G2532G5339G3756G744G2889G235G5442G3575G3590G2783G1343G1863G2627G2889G7656And He condemned to ruin {and} extinction the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes [and thus] set them forth as an example to those who would be ungodly;G2532G5077G4172G4670G2532G1116G5077G2632G2692G5087G5262G3195G7647And He rescued righteous Lot, greatly worn out {and} distressed by the wanton ways of the ungodly {and} lawless--G2532G4506G1342G3091G2669G5259G766G391G1722G1138For that just man, living [there] among them, tortured his righteous soul every day with what he saw and heard of [their] unlawful and wicked deeds--G1063G1342G1460G1722G846G990G2532G189G928G1342G5590G2250G1537G2250G459G20419Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations {and} trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment {and} doom,G2962G1492G4506G2152G1537G3986G1161G5083G94G1519G2250G2920G284910And particularly those who walk after the flesh and indulge in the lust of polluting passion and scorn {and} despise authority. Presumptuous [and] daring [self-willed and self-loving creatures]! They scoff at {and} revile dignitaries (glorious ones) without trembling,G1161G3122G4198G3694G4561G1722G1939G3394G2532G2706G2963G5113G829G3756G5141G987G139111Whereas [even] angels, though superior in might and power, do not bring a defaming charge against them before the Lord.G3699G32G5607G3187G2479G2532G1411G5342G3756G989G2920G2596G846G3844G296212But these [people]! Like unreasoning beasts, mere creatures of instinct, born [only] to be captured and destroyed, railing at things of which they are ignorant, they shall utterly perish in their [own] corruption [in their destroying they shall surely be destroyed],G1161G3778G5613G5446G249G2226G1080G1519G259G2532G5356G987G1722G3739G50G2704G1722G846G535613Being destined to receive [punishment as] the reward of [their] unrighteousness [suffering wrong as the hire for their wrongdoing]. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously and delicately]. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions {and} carousing together [even] as they feast with you.G2865G3408G93G2233G2237G5172G1722G2250G4696G2532G3470G1792G1722G846G539G4910G521314They have eyes full of harlotry, insatiable for sin. They beguile {and} bait {and} lure away unstable souls. Their hearts are trained in covetousness (lust, greed), [they are] children of a curse [exposed to cursing]!G2192G3788G3324G3428G2532G180G266G1185G793G5590G2588G2192G1128G4124G2671G504315Forsaking the straight road they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam [the son] of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness.G2641G2117G3598G4105G1811G3598G903G1007G3739G25G3408G9316But he was rebuked for his own transgression when a dumb beast of burden spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's madness.G1161G2192G1649G2398G3892G880G5268G5350G1722G444G5456G2967G3913G439617These are springs without water and mists driven along before a tempest, for whom is reserved {forever} the gloom of darkness.G3778G1526G4077G504G3507G1643G5259G2978G3739G2217G4655G5083G1519G16518For uttering loud boasts of folly, they beguile {and} lure with lustful desires of the flesh those who are barely escaping from them who are wrongdoers.G1063G5350G5246G3153G1185G1722G1939G4561G766G3689G668G390G1722G410619They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity {and} defilement--for by whatever anyone is made inferior {or} worse {or} is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved.G1861G846G1657G846G5225G1401G5356G1063G3739G5100G2274G2532G5129G140220For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first.G1063G1487G668G3393G2889G1722G1922G2962G2532G4990G2424G5547G1707G3825G1707G5125G1161G1096G2274G2078G5501G846G441321For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them.G1063G2258G2909G846G3361G1921G3598G1343G2228G1921G1994G1537G40G1785G3860G84622There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and, The sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire.G1161G4819G846G3588G227G3942G2965G1994G1909G2398G1829G1994G2532G5300G3068G1519G2946G1004
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