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With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they entice to sensuality with the passions of the flesh those barely escaping from those living in error, <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</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="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For, while speaking out arrogant words of no value they entice by fleshly desires, by indecent behavior, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For speaking out arrogant words of vanity, they entice by sensual lusts of the flesh, those who barely escape from the ones who conducted themselves in error, <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error. <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They brag out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life. <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They arrogantly use nonsense to seduce people by appealing to their sexual desires, especially to sexual freedom. They seduce people who have just escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error. <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who actually escape from those who live in error; <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that had quite escaped from them who live in error. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error. <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for speaking swollen words of vanity, they entice in desires of the flesh—licentiousness, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error, <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they entice to sensuality with the passions of the flesh those barely escaping from those living in error, <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error, <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness, those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error: <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error, <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who live in error. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the sensual lusts of the flesh; but there are those who flee at a word of warning from those who live in error. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> When they utter empty horrors, they seduce by filthy desires of the flesh those who had just escaped from those who were employed in deception.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For by speaking boastful words of folly, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, and through lasciviousness, those who had really escaped from those who live in error. <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion; <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Uttering pompous discourses of inanity, ensnaring by the lusts of the flesh, by lascivious impurities, those who had truly escaped from such as live in a course of delusion. <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> when their language swells with vanity, by applying to the sensual passions of the licentious, they allure those who were escap'd for a while, from such deceivers: <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error; <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For when they speak swelling words of vanity, they ensnare in the lusts of the flesh, through their lasciviousness, those who had indeed withdrawn from such as deal in error; <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-18.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=414" 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> …17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/5246.htm" title="5246: hyperonka (Adj-ANP) -- Immoderate, boastful, excessive, pompous. From huper and ogkos; bulging over, i.e. insolent.">With lofty</a> <a href="/greek/3153.htm" title="3153: mataiotētos (N-GFS) -- From mataios; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity.">but empty</a> <a href="/greek/5350.htm" title="5350: phthengomenoi (V-PPM-NMP) -- To speak aloud, utter. Probably akin to pheggos and thus to phemi; to utter a clear sound, i.e. to proclaim.">words, they appeal</a> <a href="/greek/766.htm" title="766: aselgeiais (N-DFP) -- From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness.">to the sensual</a> <a href="/greek/1939.htm" title="1939: epithymiais (N-DFP) -- Desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust. From epithumeo; a longing.">passions</a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarkos (N-GFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">of the flesh</a> <a href="/greek/1185.htm" title="1185: deleazousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To allure, entice (by a bait). From the base of dolos; to entrap, i.e. delude.">and entice</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those</a> <a href="/greek/3641.htm" title="3641: oligōs (Adv) -- Puny; especially neuter somewhat.">who are just</a> <a href="/greek/668.htm" title="668: apopheugontas (V-PPA-AMP) -- To flee from, escape. From apo and pheugo; to escape.">escaping</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">from others who</a> <a href="/greek/390.htm" title="390: anastrephomenous (V-PPM/P-AMP) -- From ana and strepho; to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. Remain, live.">live</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4106.htm" title="4106: planē (N-DFS) -- Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety.">error.</a> 19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.…<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="/jude/1-16.htm">Jude 1:16</a> These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage. <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="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/colossians/2-4.htm">Colossians 2:4</a> I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. <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="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a> and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. <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="/1_corinthians/2-4.htm">1 Corinthians 2:4</a> My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Galatians 6:12-13</a> Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. / For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. <a href="/1_john/4-5.htm">1 John 4:5</a> They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10</a> They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a> Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, <a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm">Proverbs 26:25</a> When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. <a href="/psalms/12-2.htm">Psalm 12:2-3</a> They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. / May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.they speak.<a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1-3</a> To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually… <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Psalm 73:8,9</a> They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily… <a href="/daniel/4-30.htm">Daniel 4:30</a> The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?great swelling.wantonness.<a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a> Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.<a href="/james/5-5.htm">James 5:5</a> Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.that were.<a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20</a> For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.<a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm">2 Peter 1:4</a> Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.<a href="/acts/2-40.htm">Acts 2:40</a> And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.clean.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Allure</a> <a href="/acts/16-9.htm">Appealing</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/james/1-14.htm">Bait</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-16.htm">Barely</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">Boastful</a> <a href="/james/3-5.htm">Boasts</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Cravings</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Desires</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-14.htm">Earthly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Emptiness</a> <a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/mark/12-13.htm">Entrap</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Error</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm">Escaping</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-18.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Fleshly</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">Frivolous</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">High-Sounding</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Human</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">Immorality</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Lusts</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/james/3-11.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/james/2-19.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Sensuality</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-44.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">Use</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-11.htm">Uttering</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Wantonness</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Allure</a> <a href="/jude/1-3.htm">Appealing</a> <a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Bait</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm">Barely</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Boastful</a> <a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Boasts</a> <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Cravings</a> <a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">Desires</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Earthly</a> <a href="/job/6-18.htm">Emptiness</a> <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Empty</a> <a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Entrap</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Error</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">Escaping</a> <a href="/1_john/1-6.htm">False.</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/romans/7-14.htm">Fleshly</a> <a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">Frivolous</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/150-5.htm">High-Sounding</a> <a href="/2_john/1-7.htm">Human</a> <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Immorality</a> <a href="/1_john/1-3.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">Lusts</a> <a href="/3_john/1-14.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-1.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/revelation/16-1.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/revelation/14-18.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Sensuality</a> <a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/1_john/4-5.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/2_john/1-12.htm">Use</a> <a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Uttering</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Wantonness</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-2.htm">Words</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 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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_peter/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_peter/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>With lofty but empty words This phrase highlights the deceptive nature of false teachers who use grandiose language to impress and mislead. In the biblical context, such individuals often present themselves as knowledgeable and authoritative, yet their teachings lack substance and truth. This mirrors the warnings found in <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Jude 1:16</a>, where false teachers are described as "grumblers and faultfinders" who "boast about themselves." Historically, the early church faced numerous heresies, and leaders like Peter were vigilant in protecting the flock from such influences.they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh False teachers exploit human weaknesses by appealing to base desires. This tactic is reminiscent of the serpent's temptation of Eve in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, where the appeal was to physical desire and pride. The cultural context of the Greco-Roman world, with its permissive attitudes towards sexuality and indulgence, provided fertile ground for such teachings. Paul similarly warns against this in <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a>, listing the "acts of the flesh" that are contrary to the Spirit.and entice those who are just escaping The phrase indicates a targeted deception towards new believers or those vulnerable in their faith journey. This is a critical moment in a believer's life, as seen in the parable of the sower (<a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Matthew 13:18-23</a>), where the seed on rocky ground represents those who receive the word with joy but fall away when trouble comes. The early church was a mix of Jews and Gentiles, many of whom were transitioning from paganism or legalism, making them susceptible to misleading doctrines.from others who live in error This suggests a contrast between the new life in Christ and the old life of sin and deception. The "others" refers to those still entrenched in false beliefs and practices. In <a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-24</a>, Paul urges believers to put off their old self and be renewed in the spirit of their minds. The historical context of the early church involved a constant struggle against the prevailing cultural norms and religious practices that were contrary to the teachings of Christ.<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 against false teachers. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals who distort the truth of the Gospel, using persuasive and deceptive language to lead believers astray. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who are being cautioned against the influence of false teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sensual_passions.htm">Sensual Passions</a> The fleshly desires that false teachers exploit to entice believers. 5. <a href="/topical/t/those_escaping_from_error.htm">Those Escaping from Error</a> New or vulnerable believers who are at risk of being misled by false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_is_essential.htm">Discernment is Essential</a> Believers must cultivate discernment to recognize and resist the empty words of false teachers. <a href="/topical/g/guard_your_heart.htm">Guard Your Heart</a> Protect your heart from being enticed by the sensual passions that false teachers appeal to. <a href="/topical/r/rooted_in_scripture.htm">Rooted in Scripture</a> Stay grounded in the truth of God's Word to avoid being led astray by deceptive teachings. <a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a> Engage with a strong community of believers who can provide support and accountability. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a> Strive for spiritual maturity to withstand the allure of false teachings and remain steadfast in faith.<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/1_peter_2_18__why_does_it_condone_slavery.htm">1 Peter 2:18: Why does the text appear to condone slavery by telling slaves to submit to their masters, and how is that consistent with a just God?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_2_peter_differ_on_transfiguration.htm">2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to the Transfiguration; why is its account noticeably different from the synoptic Gospels' versions?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_send_a_lying_spirit.htm">In 2 Chronicles 18:21-22, how can an all-truthful God justly send a lying spirit to deceive Ahab?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_peter_singled_out_in_matthew_16_18.htm">If Jesus is the foundation of the church in other parts of the New Testament, why does Matthew 16:18 single out Peter's role, and how is that not inconsistent?</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>(18) Great swelling words of vanity.--Exaggeration, unreality, boastfulness, and emptiness are expressed by this phrase. It carries on the same idea as the waterless wells and the driven mists--great pretensions and no results. The rebuke here is not unlike the warning in <a href="/context/1_peter/5-5.htm" title="Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.">1Peter 5:5-6</a>.Allure.--Translated "beguile" in <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:">2Peter 2:14</a>, where see Note.Through the lusts of the flesh.--Better, in the lusts of the flesh (as in <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm" title="And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.">2Peter 2:3</a>, and <a href="/context/2_peter/1-1.htm" title="Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:">2Peter 1:1-2</a>; <a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm" title="Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.">2Peter 1:4</a>; <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm" title="Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;">2Peter 1:13</a>). The preposition "in" points to the sphere in which the enticement takes place; "through" should be reserved for "wantonness" (see Note on <a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm" title="And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.">2Peter 2:2</a>), which is the bait used to entice. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - For when they speak great swelling words of vanity; literally, for speaking. "Great swelling words" is expressed by one word in the Greek, ὑπέρογκα, St. Jude has the same word in verse 16; it is used in the classical writers of great bulk of any kind, literal or figurative. The genitive is descriptive - the words are swelling, high-sounding; but they are only words, vain and meaningless; they have nothing but emptiness behind them. They allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness; rather, as in the Revised Version, they entice (as in verse 14) in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness. The preposition "in" denotes the sphere in which these men live, their condition, habits of life. The dative ἀσελγείαις, literally "by lasciviousnesses," that is, by acts of lasciviousness, is the dative of the instrument; it states the means by which they entice men. Those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. The Authorized Version follows the T.R., τοὺς ὄντως ἀποφυγόντας; but most of the best manuscripts have τοὺς ὀλίγως ἀποφεύγοντας. This last reading gives a better sense, "Those who are just escaping." The adverb ὀλίγως may be understood of time, or, perhaps better, of measure - "escaping by a little, a little way." Those who were "clean escaped "would not be so easily enticed by the false teachers. These are only beginning to escape; they have heard the word with joy, but have no root in themselves; they put their hand to the plough, but they look back. They "that live in error" are the heathen; the unhappy men who are led astray by the false teachers are just escaping from the heathen and from their mode of life. It is possible to understand these last words as a coordinate clause, a further description of those who are just escaping. The false teachers entice "those who are just escaping, those who live in error." But the common rendering seems better. The verb translated "live" (ἀναστρεφομένους) is a favourite word with St. Peter (see <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15, 18</a>; <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">1 Peter 2:12</a>; <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">1 Peter 3:1, 2, 16</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>With lofty ὑπέρογκα (hyperonka) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5246.htm">Strong's 5246: </a> Immoderate, boastful, excessive, pompous. From huper and ogkos; bulging over, i.e. insolent. [but] empty ματαιότητος (mataiotētos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3153.htm">Strong's 3153: </a> From mataios; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity. words, they appeal φθεγγόμενοι (phthengomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5350.htm">Strong's 5350: </a> To speak aloud, utter. Probably akin to pheggos and thus to phemi; to utter a clear sound, i.e. to proclaim. [to the] sensual ἀσελγείαις (aselgeiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_766.htm">Strong's 766: </a> From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness. passions ἐπιθυμίαις (epithymiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1939.htm">Strong's 1939: </a> Desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust. From epithumeo; a longing. of [the] flesh σαρκὸς (sarkos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. [and] entice δελεάζουσιν (deleazousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person 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. those τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [who are] just ὀλίγως (oligōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3641.htm">Strong's 3641: </a> Puny; especially neuter somewhat. escaping ἀποφεύγοντας (apopheugontas) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_668.htm">Strong's 668: </a> To flee from, escape. From apo and pheugo; to escape. from [others] who τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. live ἀναστρεφομένους (anastrephomenous) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_390.htm">Strong's 390: </a> From ana and strepho; to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. Remain, live. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. error. πλάνῃ (planē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4106.htm">Strong's 4106: </a> Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">NT Letters: 2 Peter 2:18 For uttering great swelling words of emptiness (2 Pet. 2P iiP ii Pet) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Peter 2:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Peter 2:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Peter 2:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Peter 2:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>