2 Peter 2:14

Translations

Modern

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Traditional

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Literal

…having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing from sin; enticing unstable souls; having a heart having been trained in covetousness—children of a curse!

Latin

…oculos habentes plenos adulterii, et incessabilis delicti. Pellicientes animas instabiles, cor exercitatum avaritia habentes, maledictionis filii:

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English

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Notes

2 Peter 2:10–16

This description of the false teachers focuses more on how they were living than on what they were teaching.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter Apostasy Early Christian Heresies Holiness and Sexual Purity

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