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2 Peter 2

2 Peter 2:19

Deliverance from False Prophets · 2 Peter 2:1–22
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Translations

Modern
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Traditional
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Literal
…promising to them freedom, themselves being slaves of corruption. For by what anyone has been subdued, by that also he is enslaved.
Latin
…libertatem illis promittentes, cum ipsi servi sint corruptionem: a quo enim quis superatus est, hujus et servus est.

Original

Greek
English
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Notes

2 Peter 2:19

False teaching often attracts people by promising freedom from authority. But this kind of freedom is not real (Romans 6:16). The false teachers celebrated what they thought was freedom (see 2 Peter 2:10). In truth, they were slaves to sin and corruption.

2 Peter 2:17–22

Peter continues to describe the false teachers by showing how they harm other people.

Parallels

Jude 1:3–16

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bond, Bondage Jude, Letter of Lasciviousness Peter, Second Letter of

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God are Enslaved Anarchy: General Scriptures Concerning Christian Liberty: False Teachers: Promise, to Others Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Corruption of Sin Doctrines: False Fellowship with the Wicked Servant: Figurative Servants: Bond of the Wicked Spiritual Bondage is to Sin Titles and Names of the Wicked: Servants of Corruption