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2 Peter 2

The Rise of False Prophets

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But  afalseg5578 prophetsg5578 alsog2532 aroseg1096 amongg1722 the peopleg2992, justg5613 as there will alsog2532 be  bfalseg5572 teachersg5572  camongg1722 you, whog3748 will  dsecretlyg3919 introduceg3919  edestructiveg684 heresiesg139, eveng2532  fdenyingg720 the  gMasterg1203 who  hboughtg59 them, bringingg1863 swiftg5031 destructiong684 upon themselvesg1438.

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Manyg4183 will followg1811 their  asensualityg766, and becauseg1223 of them  bthe wayg3598 of the truthg225 will be  cmalignedg987;

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and in their  agreedg4124 they will  bexploitg1710 you with  cfalseg4112 wordsg3056;  dtheir judgmentg2917 from longg1597 agog1597 is not idleg691, and their destructiong684 is not asleepg3573.

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For  aifg1487 Godg2316 did not spareg5339 angelsg32a when they sinnedg264, but castg5020 them into hellg5020 and  bcommittedg3860 them to pitsg4618a of darknessg2217, reservedg5083 for judgmentg2920;

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and did not spareg5339  athe ancientg744 worldg2889, but preservedg5442  bNoahg3575, a  1preacherg2783 of righteousnessg1343, with seveng3590 othersg3590, when He broughtg1863 a  cfloodg2627 upon the worldg2889 of the ungodlyg765;

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and if He  acondemnedg2632 the citiesg4172 of Sodomg4670 and Gomorrahg1116 to destructiong2692 by reducingg5077 them to ashesg5077, having madeg5087 them an  bexampleg5262 to those who wouldg3195  cliveg764 ungodlyg764 lives thereafterg3195;

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and if He  arescuedg4506 righteousg1342 Lotg3091, oppressedg2669 by the  bsensualg766 conductg391 of  cunprincipledg113 meng113

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(for by whatg990 he sawg990 and heardg189 that  arighteousg1342 mang1342, while livingg1460 amongg1722 them, feltg928 his righteousg1342 soulg5590 tormentedg928 dayg2250 afterg1537 dayg2250 by their lawlessg459 deedsg2041),

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 athen the Lordg2962 knowsg3609a howg3609a to rescueg4506 the godlyg2152 from  1temptationg3986, and to keepg5083 the unrighteousg94 under punishmentg2849 for the  bdayg2250 of judgmentg2920,

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and especiallyg3122 thoseg3588 who  1 aindulgeg4198 the fleshg4561 in its corruptg3394 desiresg1939 and  bdespiseg2706 authorityg2963.

Daringg5113,  cself-willedg829, they do not trembleg5141 when they  brevileg987 angelic  2majestiesg1391,

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 awhereasg3699 angelsg32a who are greaterg3173 in mightg2479 and powerg1411 do not bringg5342 a revilingg989 judgmentg2920 againstg2596 them beforeg3844 the Lordg2962.

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But  atheseg3778, likeg5613 unreasoningg249 animalsg2226,  bborng1080 as creaturesg5446 of instinctg5446 to be capturedg259 and killedg5356, revilingg987 whereg1722g3739 they haveg50 nog50 knowledgeg50, will in  1the destructiong5356 of thoseg3778 creatures alsog2532 be destroyedg5351,

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suffering wrongg91 as  athe wagesg3408 of doingg93 wrongg93. They countg2233 it a pleasureg2237 to  brevelg5172 in the  cdaytimeg2250. They are stainsg4696 and blemishesg3470,  brevelingg1792 in their  1deceptionsg539, as they  dcarouseg4910 with you,

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havingg2192 eyesg3788 fullg3324 of adulteryg3428 that neverg180 ceaseg180 from sing266,  aenticingg1185  bunstableg793 soulsg5590, havingg2192 a heartg2588 trainedg1128 in  cgreedg4124,  daccursedg2671 childreng5043;

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forsakingg2641  athe rightg2117 wayg3598, they have goneg4105 astrayg4105, having followedg1811  bthe wayg3598 of Balaamg903, the son of Beorg961b, whog3739 lovedg25  cthe wagesg3408 of unrighteousnessg93;

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but he receivedg2192 a rebukeg1649b for his owng2398 transgressiong3892,  afor a muteg880 donkeyg5268, speakingg5350 with a voiceg5456 of a mang444, restrainedg2967 the madnessg3913 of the prophetg4396.

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Theseg3778 are  aspringsg4077 withoutg504 waterg504 and mistsg3658 driveng1643 by a stormg2978,  bfor whomg3739 the  1blackg2217 darknessg4655 has been reservedg5083.

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For speakingg5350 out  aarrogantg5246 words of  bvanityg3153 they  centiceg1185 by fleshlyg4561 desiresg1939, by  dsensualityg766, thoseg3588 who barelyg3643b  eescapeg668 from the ones who liveg390 in errorg4106,

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promisingg1861 them freedomg1657 while they themselvesg846 are slavesg1401 of corruptiong5356; for  aby whatg3739 a mang5100 is overcomeg2274, by thisg3778 he is enslavedg1402.

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For ifg1487, after they have  aescapedg668 the defilementsg3393 of the worldg2889 by  bthe knowledgeg1922 of the  cLordg2962 and Saviorg4990 Jesusg2424 Christg5547, they are againg3825  dentangledg1707 in them and are overcomeg2274,  ethe lastg2078 state has becomeg1096 worseg5501 for them than the firstg4413.

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 aFor it would be betterg2909 for them not to have knowng1921 the wayg3598 of righteousnessg1343, thang2228 having knowng1921 it, to turng5290 awayg5290 from  bthe holyg40 commandmentg1785  chandedg3860 on to them.

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 1It has happenedg4819 to them according to the trueg227 proverbg3942, " aA DOGg2965 RETURNSg1994 TO ITS OWNg2398 VOMITg1829," and, "A sowg5300, after washingg3068, returns to wallowingg2946 in the mireg1004."



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