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1. But there were false teachers among the people. And there will be false teachers among you also. These people will work in secret ways to bring false teaching to you. They will turn against Christ Who bought them with His blood. They bring fast death on themselves.
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1. But G1161 there were G1096 false prophets G5578 also G2532 among G1722 the G3588 people G2992 , even G2532 as G5613 there shall be G2071 false teachers G5572 among G1722 you G5213 , who G3748 privily shall bring in G3919 damnable G684 heresies G139 , even G2532 denying G720 the G3588 Lord G1203 that bought G59 them G846 , and bring upon G1863 themselves G1438 swift G5031 destruction G684 .
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2. Many people will follow their wrong ways. Because of what they do, people will speak bad things against the way of truth.
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2. And G2532 many G4183 shall follow G1811 their G846 pernicious ways G684 ; by reason of G1223 whom G3739 the G3588 way G3598 of truth G225 shall be evil spoken of G987 .
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3. They will tell lies and false stories so they can use you to get things for themselves. But God judged them long ago and their death is on the way.
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3. And G2532 through G1722 covetousness G4124 shall they with feigned G4112 words G3056 make merchandise G1710 of you G5209 : whose G3739 judgment G2917 now of a long time G1597 lingereth G691 not G3756 , and G2532 their G846 damnation G684 slumbereth G3573 not G3756 .
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4. God did not hold back from punishing the angels who sinned, but sent them down to hell. They are to be kept there in the deep hole of darkness until they stand before Him Who judges them.
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4. For G1063 if G1487 God G2316 spared G5339 not G3756 the angels G32 that sinned G264 , but G235 cast them down to hell G5020 , and delivered G3860 them into chains G4577 of darkness G2217 , to be reserved G5083 unto G1519 judgment G2920 ;
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5. God did not hold back from punishing the people of the world who sinned long ago. He brought the flood on the world of sinners. But Noah was a preacher of right living. He and his family of seven were the only ones God saved.
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5. And G2532 spared G5339 not G3756 the old G744 world G2889 , but G235 saved G5442 Noah G3575 the eighth G3590 person, a preacher G2783 of righteousness G1343 , bringing in G1863 the flood G2627 upon the world G2889 of the ungodly G765 ;
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6. God said that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty, and He destroyed them with fire. This was to show people who did not worship God what would happen to them.
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6. And G2532 turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes G5077 G4172 G4670 G2532 G1116 condemned G2632 them with an overthrow G2692 , making G5087 them an example G5262 unto those that after should G3195 live ungodly G764 ;
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7. Lot was taken away from Sodom because he was right with God. He had been troubled by the sins that bad men did in wild living.
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7. And G2532 delivered G4506 just G1342 Lot G3091 , vexed G2669 with G5259 the G3588 filthy conversation G1722 G766 G391 of the G3588 wicked G113 :
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8. He saw and heard how the people around him broke the Law. Everyday his own soul which was right with God was troubled because of their sinful ways.
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8. ( For G1063 that righteous man G1342 dwelling G1460 among G1722 them G846 , in seeing G990 and G2532 hearing G189 , vexed G928 his righteous G1342 soul G5590 from day G2250 to G1537 day G2250 with their unlawful G459 deeds G2041 );
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9. But the Lord knows how to help men who are right with God when they are tempted. He also knows how to keep the sinners suffering for their wrong-doing until the day they stand before God Who will judge them.
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9. The Lord G2962 knoweth G1492 how to deliver G4506 the godly G2152 out of G1537 temptations G3986 , and G1161 to reserve G5083 the unjust G94 unto G1519 the day G2250 of judgment G2920 to be punished G2849 :
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10. This is true about those who keep on wanting to please their own bodies in sinful desires and those who will not obey laws. They want to please themselves and are not afraid when they laugh and say bad things about the powers in heaven.
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10. But G1161 chiefly G3122 them that walk G4198 after G3694 the flesh G4561 in G1722 the lust G1939 of uncleanness G3394 , and G2532 despise G2706 government G2963 . Presumptuous G5113 are they, self G829 -willed , they are not G3756 afraid G5141 to speak evil G987 of dignities G1391 .
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11. Angels are greater in strength and power than they. But angels do not speak against these powers before the Lord.
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11. Whereas G3699 angels G32 , which are G5607 greater G3187 in power G2479 and G2532 might G1411 , bring G5342 not G3756 railing G989 accusation G2920 against G2596 them G846 before G3844 the Lord G2962 .
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12. Men like this are like animals who are not able to think but are born to be caught and killed. They speak bad words against that which they do not understand. They will die in their own sinful ways.
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12. But G1161 these G3778 , as G5613 natural G5446 brute G249 beasts G2226 , made G1080 to be taken G1519 G259 and G2532 destroyed G5356 , speak evil G987 of G1722 the things that G3739 they understand not G50 ; and shall utterly perish G2704 in G1722 their own G848 corruption G5356 ;
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13. This is the pay they will suffer for their sinful lives. They are not ashamed when they sin in the daylight. They are sores and dirty spots among you while they eat and drink big meals with you.
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13. And shall receive G2865 the reward G3408 of unrighteousness G93 , as they that count G2233 it pleasure G2237 to riot G5172 in G1722 the day time G2250 . Spots G4695 they are and G2532 blemishes G3470 , sporting themselves G1792 with G1722 their own G848 deceivings G539 while they feast G4910 with you G5213 ;
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14. Their eyes are full of sex sins. They never have enough sin. They get weak people to go along with them. Their hearts are always wanting something. They are people who will end up in hell because
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14. Having G2192 eyes G3788 full G3324 of adultery G3428 , and G2532 that cannot cease G180 from sin G266 ; beguiling G1185 unstable G793 souls G5590 : a heart G2588 they have G2192 exercised G1128 with covetous practices G4124 ; cursed G2671 children G5043 :
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15. they have left the right way and have gone the wrong way. They have followed the way of Balaam, who was the son of Beor. He loved the money he got for his sin.
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15. Which have forsaken G2641 the G3588 right G2117 way G3598 , and are gone astray G4105 , following G1811 the G3588 way G3598 of Balaam G903 the son of Bosor G1007 , who G3739 loved G25 the wages G3408 of unrighteousness G93 ;
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16. But he was stopped in his sin. A donkey spoke to him with a man's voice. It stopped this early preacher from going on in his crazy way.
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16. But G1161 was rebuked G2192 G1649 for his G2398 iniquity G3892 : the dumb G880 ass G5268 speaking G5350 with G1722 man G444 's voice G5456 forbade G2967 the G3588 madness G3913 of the G3588 prophet G4396 .
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17. Such people are like wells without water. They are like clouds before a storm. The darkest place below has been kept for them.
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17. These G3778 are G1526 wells G4077 without water G504 , clouds G3507 that are carried G1643 with G5259 a tempest G2978 : to whom G3739 the G3588 mist G2217 of darkness G4655 is reserved G5083 forever G1519 G165 .
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18. They speak big-sounding words which show they are proud. They get men who are trying to keep away from sinful men to give in to the sinful desires of the flesh.
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18. For G1063 when they speak G5350 great swelling G5246 words of vanity G3153 , they allure G1185 through G1722 the lusts G1939 of the flesh G4561 , through much wantonness G766 , those that were clean escaped G668 G3689 from them who live G390 in G1722 error G4106 .
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19. They promise that these men will be free. But they themselves are chained to sin. For a man is chained to anything that has power over him.
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19. While they promise G1861 them G846 liberty G1657 , they G846 themselves are G5225 the servants G1401 of corruption G5356 : for G1063 of whom G3739 a man G5100 is overcome G2274 , of the same G5129 is he G2532 brought in bondage G1402 .
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20. There are men who have been made free from the sins of the world by learning to know the Lord Jesus Christ, the One Who saves. But if they do these sins again, and are not able to keep from doing them, they are worse than they were before.
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20. For G1063 if G1487 after they have escaped G668 the G3588 pollutions G3393 of the G3588 world G2889 through G1722 the knowledge G1922 of the G3588 Lord G2962 and G2532 Savior G4990 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , they are G1161 again G3825 entangled G1707 therein G5125 , and G2532 overcome G2274 , the G3588 latter end G2078 is G1096 worse G5501 with them G846 than the G3588 beginning G4413 .
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21. After knowing the holy Law that was given to them, they turned from it. It would have been better for them if they had not known how to be right with God.
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21. For G1063 it had been G2258 better G2909 for them G846 not G3361 to have known G1921 the G3588 way G3598 of righteousness G1343 , than G2228 , after they have known G1921 it, to turn G1994 from G1537 the G3588 holy G40 commandment G1785 delivered G3860 unto them G846 .
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22. They are like the wise saying, "A dog turns back to what he has thrown up." (Proverbs 26:11) And, "A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud."
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22. But G1161 it is happened G4819 unto them G846 according G3588 to the G3588 true G227 proverb G3942 , The dog G2965 is turned to his own vomit again G1994 G1909 G2398 G1829 ; and G2532 the sow G5300 that was washed G3068 to G1519 her wallowing G2946 in the mire G1004 .
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