2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ¹  condemnation pronounced long ago ²  is not sitting idly by; ³  their ⁴  destruction is not asleep.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

They're only out for themselves. They'll say anything, [anything], that sounds good to exploit you. They won't, of course, get by with it. They'll come to a bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on.

SABDAweb 2Pe 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

bibleoremus 2Pe 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ¹  condemnation pronounced long ago ²  is not sitting idly by; ³  their ⁴  destruction is not asleep.

¹ tn Grk “to whom,” introducing a subordinate relative clause.

² tn Grk “the ancient judgment.”

³ tn Grk “is not idle.”

⁴ tn Greek has “and their.” As introducing a synonymous parallel, it is superfluous in English.