2 Peter 2:18

2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words ¹  they are able to entice, ²  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, ³  people ⁴  who have just escaped ⁵  from those who reside in error. ⁶ 

2 Peter 3:17

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ⁷  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ⁸  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”

² tn Grk “they entice.”

³ tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”

⁴ tn Grk “those.”

⁵ tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”

⁶ tn Or “deceit.”

⁷ tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”

⁸ tn Or “lawless ones.”

sn These unprincipled men. The same word is used in 2:7, suggesting further that the heretics in view in chapter 3 are the false teachers of chapter 2.

⁹ tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”