2 Peter 2:18
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 in the real world
In what words
- δελεάζωdeleázōto entrap, i.e. (figuratively) delude
- ὑπέρογκοςhypéronkosbulging over, i.e. (figuratively) insolent
- ματαιότηςmataiótēsinutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity
- φθέγγομαιphthéngomaito utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim
- ἀποφεύγωapopheúgō(figuratively) to escape
- ὄντωςóntōsreally
- ἀσέλγειαasélgeialicentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
- πλάνηplánēobjectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Pe 2:20, Jud 1:15–16, Rom 13:13, Jas 5:5, Rev 13:5–6, 2Pe 1:4, 2Th 2:4, Psa 73:8–9