2 Peter 2

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

1
WEBBut false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
KJVBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2
WEBMany will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
KJVAnd many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3
WEBIn covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
KJVAnd through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4
WEBFor if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
KJVFor if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5
WEBand didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
KJVAnd spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6
WEBand turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,
KJVAnd turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7
WEBand delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
KJVAnd delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8
WEB(for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
KJV(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9
WEBthen the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
KJVThe Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10
WEBbut chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
KJVBut chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11
WEBwhereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
KJVWhereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
12
WEBBut these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
KJVBut these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
13
WEBreceiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
KJVAnd shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14
WEBhaving eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!
KJVHaving eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15
WEBForsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
KJVWhich have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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WEBbut he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
KJVBut was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17
WEBThese are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
KJVThese are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18
WEBFor, 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;
KJVFor 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.
19
WEBpromising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
KJVWhile they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20
WEBFor if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
KJVFor if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21
WEBFor it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
KJVFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22
WEBBut it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
KJVBut it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.