2 Peter 2:2

2:2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

2 Peter 2:18

2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words ⁴  they are able to entice, ⁵  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, ⁶  people ⁷  who have just escaped ⁸  from those who reside in error. ⁹ 

¹ tn “Debauched lifestyles” is literally “licentiousnesses,” “sensualities,” “debaucheries.”

² tn Grk “because of whom,” introducing a subordinate clause to the first part of the verse.

³ tn Or “blasphemed,” “reviled,” “treated with contempt.”

⁴ tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”

⁵ tn Grk “they entice.”

⁶ tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”

⁷ tn Grk “those.”

⁸ tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”

⁹ tn Or “deceit.”