1Ἐγένοντοδὲκαὶfalse prophetsἐντῷλαῷ,ὡςκαὶἐνὑμῖνἔσονταιfalse teachers,οἵτινεςwill stealthily introduceheresiesdestructive,καὶτὸνhaving boughtαὐτοὺςMasterdenying,bringing uponἑαυτοῖςswiftdestruction.2καὶπολλοὶwill follow afterαὐτῶνταῖςsensuality,δι᾽οὓςἡὁδὸςτῆςἀληθείαςwill be maligned.3καὶἐνcovetousnesswith fabricatedλόγοιςὑμᾶςthey will exploit,οἷςτὸjudgmentof long agoοὐκis idle,καὶἡdestructionαὐτῶνοὐslumbers.4ΕἰγὰρὁΘεὸςἀγγέλωνhaving sinned,οὐκspared,ἀλλὰin chainsof gloomy darknesshaving cast them down to Tartarus,παρέδωκενεἰςjudgmentτηρουμένους5καὶthe ancientκόσμουοὐκHe spared,ἀλλὰone of eight,Noahδικαιοσύνηςa heraldpreserved,the flood uponκόσμῳof the ungodlyhaving brought in;6καὶπόλειςof SodomκαὶGomorrahhaving reduced to ashes,to destructionHe condemned them,an exampleμελλόντωνthe ungodlyτεθεικώς7καὶδίκαιονLot,being distressedὑπὸτῆςτῶνlawlessἐνsensualityconduct,He rescued —·8through seeingγὰρκαὶhearingὁδίκαιοςdwellingἐναὐτοῖςἡμέρανἐξἡμέραςψυχὴνδικαίανwith their lawlessἔργοιςwas tormented —·9οἶδενΚύριοςthe devoutἐκtemptationto deliver;the unrighteousδὲεἰςἡμέρανof judgmentbeing punishedτηρεῖν,10especiallyδὲτοὺςafterσαρκὸςἐνthe passionof defilementπορευομένουςκαὶauthoritydespising.Bold,self-willed,δόξαςοὐthey trembleblaspheming,11ὅπουἄγγελοιin strengthκαὶδυνάμειμείζονεςὄντεςοὐφέρουσινκατ᾽αὐτῶνπαρὰΚυρίῳa revilingjudgment.12Οὗτοιδέὡςirrationalanimals,γεγεννημέναas creatures of instinctεἰςcaptureκαὶdestruction,ἐνοἷςthey are ignorant of,blaspheming,ἐντῇdestructionαὐτῶνκαὶwill be destroyed,13suffering wrongas the wageof unrighteousness;as pleasureesteemingτὴνἐνἡμέρᾳcarousal;blotsκαὶblemishes,revelingἐνταῖςdeceptionsαὐτῶνfeasting withὑμῖν,14ὀφθαλμοὺςἔχοντεςfullof adultery,καὶunceasingἁμαρτίας,enticingψυχὰςunestablished;καρδίανhaving been exercisedin cravingἔχοντες,of a curseτέκνα.15Having leftthe straightὁδὸνthey have gone astray,having followedτῇὁδῷτοῦof Balaamτοῦson of Bosor,ὃςthe wageof unrighteousnessἠγάπησεν,16reproofδὲἔσχενἰδίαςtransgression·by a donkeymute;ἐνἀνθρώπουφωνῇhaving spoken,it restrainedτὴντοῦπροφήτουmadness.17Οὗτοίεἰσινspringswithout waterκαὶmistsὑπὸstormbeing driven,οἷςὁgloomτοῦof darknessτετήρηται.18Arrogantγὰρof vanityspeaking words,they enticeἐνthe passionsσαρκὸςto sensualityτοὺςbarelyescapingτοὺςἐνerrorliving,19freedomαὐτοῖςpromising,αὐτοὶδοῦλοιὑπάρχοντεςτῆςof corruption.ᾧγάρτιςhas been subdued,τούτῳhe is enslaved.20Εἰγὰρhaving escapedτὰpollutionsτοῦκόσμουἐνthe knowledgeτοῦΚυρίουκαὶSaviorἸησοῦΧριστοῦ,τούτοιςδὲπάλινhaving been entangledthey are subdued,γέγονεναὐτοῖςτὰἔσχαταworseτῶνπρώτων.21Betterγὰρἦναὐτοῖςμὴto have knownτὴνὁδὸντῆςδικαιοσύνηςἢhaving known it,to have turnedἐκτῆςπαραδοθείσηςαὐτοῖςἁγίαςἐντολῆς.22Has happenedαὐτοῖςτὸτῆςtrueproverb:A doghaving returnedἐπὶτὸἴδιονvomit,”καί·A sowhaving washed,εἰςrolling placein the mire.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
