2Peter:2

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* But there were also false prophets among the people , even as there shall be false teachers among you , who covertly shall bring in destructive sects and shall deny the Lord that bought them , bringing upon themselves swift destruction . * And many shall follow their pernicious ways , by reason of whom the way of truth shall be blasphemed ; * and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words , upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay , and their perdition does not sleep . * For if God did not forgive the angels that sinned , but cast [them ] down into the deepest abyss and delivered [them ] into chains of darkness , to be reserved unto judgment ; * and if [he ] did not forgive the old world , but kept Noah , a preacher of righteousness , with seven other persons , bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly ; * and if [he ] condemned by destruction the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha , turning them into ashes , making [them ] an example unto those that after should live without fear and reverence of God ; * and delivered just Lot , who was persecuted by those abominable [people ] because of their nefarious conversation ; * (for that righteous man dwelling among them , in seeing and hearing , afflicted [his ] righteous soul from day to day with the deeds of those unjust [people ]); * the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished ; * and chiefly those that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise dominion ; presumptuous , arrogant , they are not afraid to speak evil of the higher powers ; * whereas even the angels , who are greater in power and might , bring no curse of judgment against them before the Lord . * But these , speaking evil of the things that they do not understand (as natural animals without reason , who are made to be taken and destroyed ), shall utterly perish in their own corruption , * receiving the reward of their unrighteousness , [as ] those that count it pleasure to live luxuriously every day . These are spots and blemishes , who eat [together ] with you , while at the same time they revel in their deceit , * having their eyes full of adultery , and not knowing [how ] to cease from sin , baiting unstable souls , having their heart exercised in covetous practices ; cursed sons , * who forsaking the right way have erred , having followed the way of Balaam [the son ] of Beor , who loved the wages of unrighteousness , * and was rebuked for his iniquity ; a dumb animal accustomed to a yoke (upon which he was seated ), speaking with man 's voice , hindered the madness of the prophet . * These are wells without water , clouds that are brought by [a ] whirlwind , to whom gross darkness is reserved for ever . * For speaking arrogant words of vanity , they allure through the lusts of the flesh , [through much ] wantonness , those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error , * promising them liberty , being they themselves the servants of corruption : for he who is overcome by someone is subject to bondage by the one that overcame him . * Certainly , if having separated themselves from the contaminations of the world , by the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , they again entangle themselves therein and are overcome , their latter end is made worse for them than the beginnings . * For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness , than , after they have known [it ], to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them . * But it has happened unto them according to the true proverb , The dog returns unto his own vomit , and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire .:

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