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2 Peter 2:18

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2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words 1  they are able to entice, 2  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, 3  people 4  who have just escaped 5  from those who reside in error. 6 

Jude 1:16

Context
1:16 These people are grumblers and 7  fault-finders who go 8  wherever their desires lead them, 9  and they give bombastic speeches, 10  enchanting folks 11  for their own gain. 12 

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[2:18]  1 tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”

[2:18]  2 tn Grk “they entice.”

[2:18]  3 tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”

[2:18]  4 tn Grk “those.”

[2:18]  5 tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”

[2:18]  6 tn Or “deceit.”

[1:16]  7 tn “And” is not in Greek, but is supplied for the sake of English style.

[1:16]  8 tn Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival.

[1:16]  9 tn Grk “(who go/going) according to their own lusts.”

[1:16]  10 tn Grk “and their mouth speaks bombastic things.”

[1:16]  11 sn Enchanting folks (Grk “awing faces”) refers to the fact that the speeches of these false teachers are powerful and seductive.

[1:16]  12 tn Or “to their own advantage.”



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