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They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing from sin; enticing unestablished souls; having a heart having been exercised in craving--children of a curse! <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having hearts trained in greed, accursed children; <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children; <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children; <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> having eyes full of adultery and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed—they are accursed children. <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse. <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse! <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse! <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble! <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They're always looking for an adulterous woman. They can't stop looking for sin as they seduce people who aren't sure of what they believe. Their minds are focused on their greed. They are cursed. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse! <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse. <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children! <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> having eyes full of adultery, and insatiable for sin, enticing unstable people, having a heart trained in greed. Children under a curse. <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have a heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. They are fore-doomed to God's curse! <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children! <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse, <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing from sin; enticing unestablished souls; having a heart having been exercised in craving--children of a curse! <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse, <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction: <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> having eyes full of adultery and of incessant offenses, luring unstable souls, having a heart well-trained in avarice, sons of curses! <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Their eyes are full of adultery and insatiable for sin. They seduce unstable people, and their hearts are trained in greed. Accursed children! <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And have eyes full of adultery, and of sin that does not cease: beguiling, unstable souls are they whose hearts are well versed in covetousness: accursed sons are they. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Having eyes that are full of adultery and sins that never end, as they seduce souls who are unstable and have a heart that is trained in greed, children of the curse.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> having eyes that are full of the adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, deceiving unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, accursed children, <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> having eyes full of an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin; beguiling unestablished souls: having a heart which has been made fat with covetousness; children of the curse: <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> having eyes full of adultery, and insatiable of sin; ensnaring souls of no stability; having a heart practised in all the wiles of covetousness; children for a curse: <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant, their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way, <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. They are fore-doomed to God's curse! <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> having eyes full of lustfulness, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of a curse; <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> having eyes full of adultery, and which cannot be restrained from sin: ensnaring unstable souls, and having a heart practised in rapine; cursed people: <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=369" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. 14<a href="/greek/3788.htm" title="3788: ophthalmous (N-AMP) -- The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.">Their eyes</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">are</a> <a href="/greek/3324.htm" title="3324: mestous (Adj-AMP) -- Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation.">full</a> <a href="/greek/3428.htm" title="3428: moichalidos (N-GFS) -- A prolonged form of the feminine of moichos; an adulteress.">of adultery;</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/180.htm" title="180: akatapaustous (Adj-AMP) -- Not ceasing from, not abandoning (giving up). Unrefraining.">their desire for sin is never satisfied;</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin."></a> <a href="/greek/1185.htm" title="1185: deleazontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To allure, entice (by a bait). From the base of dolos; to entrap, i.e. delude.">they seduce</a> <a href="/greek/793.htm" title="793: astēriktous (Adj-AFP) -- (lit: unpropped), unsteady, unstable, unsettled. Unfixed, i.e. vacillating.">the unstable.</a> <a href="/greek/5590.htm" title="5590: psychas (N-AFP) -- From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely."></a> <a href="/greek/2671.htm" title="2671: kataras (N-GFS) -- Cursing; a curse; meton: a doomed one. From kata and ara; imprecation, execration.">They are accursed</a> <a href="/greek/5043.htm" title="5043: tekna (N-NNP) -- A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.">children</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">with</a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardian (N-AFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">hearts</a> <a href="/greek/1128.htm" title="1128: gegymnasmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To train by physical exercise; hence: train, in the widest sense. From gumnos; to practise naked, i.e. Train.">trained</a> <a href="/greek/4124.htm" title="4124: pleonexias (N-GFS) -- Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. fraudulency, extortion.">in greed.</a> 15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. ... <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11-13</a> Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. / These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. / They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a> But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a> For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6-7</a> They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, / who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. <a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm">Ephesians 4:19</a> Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Jeremiah 5:26-28</a> For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12-13</a> In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. / Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Proverbs 6:12-15</a> A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, / winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. / With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:eyes.<a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2-4</a> And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon… <a href="/job/31-7.htm">Job 31:7,9</a> If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; … <a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">Proverbs 6:25</a> Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.adultery.<a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a> Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;<a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a> Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a> O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.beguiling.<a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a> For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.<a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a> As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.<a href="/mark/13-22.htm">Mark 13:22</a> For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.an heart.<a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">2 Peter 2:3</a> And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.<a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a> Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.cursed.<a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5</a> For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.<a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Isaiah 65:20</a> There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.<a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a> Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/james/2-11.htm">Adultery</a> <a href="/james/1-22.htm">Beguiling</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-5.htm">Brood</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-4.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">Covetous</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Covetousness</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/colossians/2-4.htm">Enticing</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Exercised</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Experts</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-9.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-19.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-28.htm">Insatiable</a> <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/mark/13-22.htm">Seduce</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/titus/1-11.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm">Traps</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/james/3-8.htm">Unsettled</a> <a href="/james/1-8.htm">Unstable</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Unsteady</a> <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Unstedfast</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/2-22.htm">Adultery</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Beguiling</a> <a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Brood</a> <a href="/genesis/44-4.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/10-3.htm">Covetous</a> <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Covetousness</a> <a href="/revelation/8-12.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/exodus/21-17.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/revelation/12-8.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">Enticing</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/13-12.htm">Exercised</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-15.htm">Experts</a> <a href="/1_john/1-1.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/30-42.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/1_john/2-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm">Insatiable</a> <a href="/1_john/2-29.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/1_john/2-26.htm">Seduce</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_john/3-6.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/genesis/14-14.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/joshua/23-13.htm">Traps</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Unsettled</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Unstable</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Unsteady</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Unstedfast</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase indicates a deep-seated lust and moral corruption. In biblical context, "eyes" often symbolize one's focus or intent (<a href="/matthew/6-22.htm">Matthew 6:22-23</a>). Adultery here is not only physical but also spiritual, representing unfaithfulness to God (<a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a>). The imagery suggests a constant, consuming desire for sinful pleasure, reflecting the state of those who have turned away from righteousness.their desire for sin is never satisfied; This highlights the insatiable nature of sin. <a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm">Proverbs 27:20</a> states, "Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes." This reflects the biblical understanding that sin creates a void that cannot be filled, leading to a perpetual cycle of desire and dissatisfaction. It underscores the futility of seeking fulfillment outside of God's will.they seduce the unstable. The term "unstable" refers to those who are not firmly grounded in their faith (<a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a>). These individuals are easily led astray by false teachings and immoral influences. The seduction implies a deliberate and malicious intent to lead others into sin, echoing the serpent's deception in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>.They are accursed children This phrase indicates a state of being under divine judgment. "Accursed" suggests a separation from God's blessing, akin to the curse pronounced upon those who do not uphold the law (<a href="/deuteronomy/27-26.htm">Deuteronomy 27:26</a>). The term "children" may imply a familial relationship with sin, as opposed to being children of God (<a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a>).with hearts trained in greed. The imagery of training suggests a deliberate and disciplined pursuit of selfish gain. This echoes the warnings against greed found throughout Scripture (<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>). The heart, often seen as the seat of will and emotion, is depicted as being corrupted by a focus on material wealth and personal gain, contrasting with the call to store up treasures in heaven (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing the early Christian communities and warning them about false teachers. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the early church who were leading believers astray with heretical teachings and immoral behavior. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who were facing challenges from within due to the influence of false teachers. 4. <a href="/topical/a/accursed_children.htm">Accursed Children</a> A term used by Peter to describe the false teachers, indicating their separation from God's blessing due to their sinful actions. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_unstable.htm">The Unstable</a> Refers to those in the community who are easily swayed or lacking in firm faith, making them susceptible to deception.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_deception.htm">Guard Against Deception</a> Be vigilant in discerning truth from falsehood, especially within the church. Study Scripture diligently to recognize and resist false teachings. <a href="/topical/s/strengthen_your_faith.htm">Strengthen Your Faith</a> Build a firm foundation in your faith to avoid being among the "unstable" who are easily led astray. Engage in regular prayer, Bible study, and fellowship with mature believers. <a href="/topical/r/recognize_the_consequences_of_sin.htm">Recognize the Consequences of Sin</a> Understand that persistent sin leads to spiritual destruction. The term "accursed children" serves as a stark warning of the consequences of living in rebellion against God. <a href="/topical/b/be_a_source_of_stability.htm">Be a Source of Stability</a> Encourage and support those who may be wavering in their faith. Offer guidance and mentorship to help them grow stronger in their walk with Christ. <a href="/topical/r/reflect_on_personal_conduct.htm">Reflect on Personal Conduct</a> Examine your own life for areas where you may be susceptible to sin or deception. Seek God's help in overcoming these weaknesses and living a life that honors Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/can_angels_commit_sin.htm">Can angels commit sin?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_adultery,_offspring.htm">What does the Bible say about adultery and offspring?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_david's_child_punished.htm">Why did God punish David and Bathsheba's child?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_peter_2_8_misapply_isaiah.htm">1 Peter 2:8: Does applying Isaiah's prophecy here conflict with the prophet's original context or meaning?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Of adultery.--Literally, of an adulteress. This verse has no counterpart in Jude.That cannot cease from sin.--Literally, that cannot be made to cease from sin. (Comp. attentively <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm" title="For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;">1Peter 4:1</a>.) It was precisely because these men refused to "suffer in the flesh," but, on the contrary, gave the flesh all possible licence on principle, that they could not "cease from sin."Beguiling.--Strictly, enticing with bait. We have the same word in <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm" title="For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.">2Peter 2:18</a>, <a href="/james/1-14.htm" title="But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.">James 1:14</a>, and nowhere else. If "deceits" be the right reading in <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm" title="And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;">2Peter 2:13</a>, this clause throws some light on it. In any case, the metaphor from fishing, twice in this Epistle and only once elsewhere, may point to a fisherman of Galilee. (Comp. <a href="/matthew/17-27.htm" title="Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go you to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first comes up; and when you have opened his mouth, you shall find a piece of money: that take, and give to them for me and you.">Matthew 17:27</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; literally, of an adulteress. Compare our Lord's words in the sermon on the mount (<a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a>), which may have been in St. Peter's thoughts. For the second clause, comp. <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">1 Peter 4:1</a>, "He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin." Beguiling unstable souls; rather, enticing. The word δελεάζοντες, from δέλεαρ, a bait, belongs to the art of the fowler or fisherman, and would naturally occur to St. Peter's mind. He uses it again in verse 18 of this chapter (comp. also <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14</a>). The word for "unstable" (ἀστηρίκτους) occurs only here and in <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a>. It is a word of peculiar significance in the mouth of St. Peter, conscious, as he must have been, of his own want of stability in times past. He would remember also the charge once given to him, "When thou art converted, strengthen (στήριξον) thy brethren" (<a href="/luke/22-32.htm">Luke 22:32</a>). An heart they have exercised with covetous practices; rather, trained in covetousness, according to the reading of the best manuscripts, πλεονεξίας. This is the third vice laid to the charge of the false teachers. They had practiced it so long that their very heart was trained in the habitual pursuit of gain by all unrighteous means. Cursed children; rather, children of curse. Like "the son of perdition," "children of wrath," "children of disobedience," "son of Belial," etc. <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Their] eyes ὀφθαλμοὺς (ophthalmous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3788.htm">Strong's 3788: </a> The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. are ἔχοντες (echontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. full μεστοὺς (mestous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3324.htm">Strong's 3324: </a> Full, filled with. Of uncertain derivation. of adultery; μοιχαλίδος (moichalidos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3428.htm">Strong's 3428: </a> A prolonged form of the feminine of moichos; an adulteress. their desire for sin is never satisfied; ἀκαταπαύστους (akatapaustous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_180.htm">Strong's 180: </a> Not ceasing from, not abandoning (giving up). Unrefraining. they seduce δελεάζοντες (deleazontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1185.htm">Strong's 1185: </a> To allure, entice (by a bait). From the base of dolos; to entrap, i.e. delude. [the] unstable. ἀστηρίκτους (astēriktous) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_793.htm">Strong's 793: </a> (lit: unpropped), unsteady, unstable, unsettled. Unfixed, i.e. vacillating. [They are] accursed κατάρας (kataras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> Cursing; a curse; meton: a doomed one. From kata and ara; imprecation, execration. children τέκνα (tekna) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5043.htm">Strong's 5043: </a> A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child. with ἔχοντες (echontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. hearts καρδίαν (kardian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. trained γεγυμνασμένην (gegymnasmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1128.htm">Strong's 1128: </a> To train by physical exercise; hence: train, in the widest sense. From gumnos; to practise naked, i.e. Train. in greed. πλεονεξίας (pleonexias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. 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