2 Peter 2:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.”
2 Peter 2:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Peter 2:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Peter 2:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;”
2 Peter 2:18 — World English Bible
2 Peter 2:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;”
2 Peter 2:18 — American Standard Version
2 Peter 2:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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,”
2 Peter 2:18 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Peter 2:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,”
2 Peter 2:18 — Darby Translation
2 Peter 2:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie, they beguile with wantonnesse through the lusts of the flesh them that were cleane escaped from them which are wrapped in errour,”
2 Peter 2:18 — Geneva Bible
2 Peter 2:18 in Context — 2 Peter 2
16 mais qui fut repris pour sa transgression: une ânesse muette, faisant entendre une voix d’homme, arrêta la démence du prophète.
17 Ces gens-là sont des fontaines sans eau, des nuées que chasse un tourbillon: l’obscurité des ténèbres leur est réservée.
18 Avec des discours enflés de vanité, ils amorcent par les convoitises de la chair, par les dissolutions, ceux qui viennent à peine d’échapper aux hommes qui vivent dans l’égarement;
19 ils leur promettent la liberté, quand ils sont eux-mêmes esclaves de la corruption, car chacun est esclave de ce qui a triomphé de lui.
20 En effet, si, après s’être retirés des souillures du monde, par la connaissance du Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, ils s’y engagent de nouveau et sont vaincus, leur dernière condition est pire que la première.
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What Does 2 Peter 2:18 Mean?
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