Verse 15
2 Peter 2:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of
Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
Original Language Text
greek
⸀καταλιπόντες εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ ⸀Βοσὸρ ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν
English Translation
Having left the straight road, they went astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of wrongdoing.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
But false prophets also arose amongst the people, as false teachers will
also be amongst you, who wi...
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Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth
will be maligned.
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3
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn’t l...
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4
For if God (Elohim) didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them
down to Tartarus, and commit...
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5
and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others,
a preacher of righteousnes...
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and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them
to destruction, having made...
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and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life
of the wicked
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(for that righteous man dwelling amongst them was tormented in his righteous
soul from day to day wi...
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then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to
keep the unrighteous under pun...
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10
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement
and despise authority. Daring,...
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11
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous
judgement against them b...
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12
But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken
and destroyed, speaking evil i...
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13
receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure
to revel in the daytime, spots...
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14
having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing
unsettled souls, having a heart...
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15
Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of
Balaam the son of Beor, who lo...
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but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke
with a man’s voice and stoppe...
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17
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for
whom the blackness of darkness has been...
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18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the
lusts of the flesh, by licentiou...
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19
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption;
for a man is brought i...
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20
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through
the knowledge of the Lord and Sa...
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21
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness,
than after knowing it, t...
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22
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog
turns to his own vomit again,” a...
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