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1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.

1Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there also will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

2Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

3In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.

4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment;

5if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;

5and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people;

6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

6and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them;

7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people—

8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--

8for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions—

9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

9then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment,

10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;

10especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority. Being bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander glorious beings.

11yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.

11Yet even angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous accusation against them from the Lord.

12But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.

12These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,

13They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

13suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.

14With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed--an accursed brood!

14With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.

15They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.

16But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey--an animal without speech--who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

16But he was rebuked for his offense. A donkey that normally cannot talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet's insanity.

17These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

17These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

18For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

18By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for "people are slaves to whatever has mastered them."

19Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

20If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

20For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

22Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud."

22The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."

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