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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Peter 2 Christian Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_peter/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_peter/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CSB</a> > 2 Peter 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_peter/1.htm" title="2 Peter 1">◄</a> 2 Peter 2 <a href="../2_peter/3.htm" title="2 Peter 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/2_peter/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-2_Peter.2" /><h3 class="head1">The Judgment of False Teachers</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There were indeed false prophets<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> among the people, just as there will be false teachers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They will exploit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you in their greed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> with made-up stories. Their condemnation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For if God didn’t spare<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the angels who sinned but cast them into hell<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and delivered them in chains<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.4.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of utter darkness to be kept for judgment;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and if he didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> a preacher of righteousness, and seven others,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> when he brought the flood on the world of the ungodly; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to ashes and condemned them to extinction,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> making them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.6.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and if he rescued righteous Lot,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> distressed by the depraved behavior of the immoral <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>(for as that righteous man lived among them day by day, his righteous soul was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a>) —  <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>then the Lord knows how to rescue<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture">Bold, arrogant people! They are not afraid to slander the glorious ones; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But these people, like irrational animals — creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed — slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> while they feast with you. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They have eyes full of adultery<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and have followed the path of Balaam,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> the son of Bosor,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> who loved the wages of wickedness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>but received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>These people are springs without water, mists driven by a storm. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For by uttering boastful, empty words,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from those who live in error. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Peter.2.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and Savior Jesus Christ,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> delivered<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.21.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> to them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.21.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Peter.2.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It has happened to them according to the true proverb: <span class="otquote">A dog returns to its own vomit,</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Peter.2.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and, “A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.”</p><br /><section id="footnotes-2_Peter.2" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.4">2:4</a></span> Gk <span class="italic">Tartarus</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.4.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.4">2:4</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">in pits</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.5">2:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Noah, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.6">2:6</a></span> Other mss omit <span class="italic">to extinction</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.6.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.6">2:6</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.11">2:11</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">them from the Lord</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.13">2:13</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">delighting in the love feasts</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.15">2:15</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Beor</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.18">2:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">people who are actually escaping</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Peter.2.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.20">2:20</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">our Lord</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-2_Peter.2" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.1">2:1</a></span> Dt 13:1–5; Mt 7:15</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.1">2:1</a></span> Ac 20:29; 2Co 11:13–15; Gl 2:4; 1Tm 4:1; 2Tm 4:3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.1">2:1</a></span> 1Co 6:20; 7:23</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.2">2:2</a></span> Rm 2:24</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.3">2:3</a></span> Jms 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.3">2:3</a></span> Eph 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.3">2:3</a></span> Mt 12:41; 23:33; Rm 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.4">2:4</a></span> Rm 8:32; Jd 6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.4">2:4</a></span> Rv 20:2–3,10</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.4">2:4</a></span> Mt 25:41</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.5">2:5</a></span> Gn 5:29</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.5">2:5</a></span> 1Pt 3:20</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.6">2:6</a></span> Gn 19:24; Jd 7</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.6">2:6</a></span> Is 1:9; Jd 15</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.7">2:7</a></span> Gn 19:16</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.8">2:8</a></span> Ps 119:136,158; Ezk 9:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.9">2:9</a></span> 1Co 10:13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.9">2:9</a></span> Mt 10:15; Jd 6</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.10">2:10-13</a></span> Jd 8–12</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.14">2:14</a></span> Mt 5:27–28</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.14">2:14</a></span> Jr 23:14; Hs 4:2; Eph 2:3; Heb 2:13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.15">2:15</a></span> Ac 13:10</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.15">2:15</a></span> Nm 22:5–7; Dt 23:4; Neh 13:2; Jd 11; Rv 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.15">2:15</a></span> Hs 9:1; Mc 1:7; Ac 1:18</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.16">2:16</a></span> Nm 22:22–35</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.17">2:17</a></span> Jd 13</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.18">2:18</a></span> Jd 16</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.19">2:19</a></span> Jn 8:34; Rm 6:16; 7:5</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.20">2:20</a></span> 2Pt 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.20">2:20</a></span> Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.21">2:21</a></span> Pr 8:20; 12:28; 16:31; 21:21; Mt 21:32</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.21">2:21</a></span> Rm 7:12; 1Tm 6:14</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.21.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.21">2:21</a></span> Jd 3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.21.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.21">2:21</a></span> Ezk 18:1–32; Heb 6:4–6; 10:26–27</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.22">2:22</a></span> Pr 26:11</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Peter.2.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Peter.2.22">2:22</a></span> Pr 26:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-2_Peter.2" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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