2 Peter 2:3

2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ¹  condemnation pronounced long ago ²  is not sitting idly by; ³  their ⁴  destruction is not asleep.

2 Peter 2:18

2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words ⁵  they are able to entice, ⁶  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, ⁷  people ⁸  who have just escaped ⁹  from those who reside in error. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Grk “to whom,” introducing a subordinate relative clause.

² tn Grk “the ancient judgment.”

³ tn Grk “is not idle.”

⁴ tn Greek has “and their.” As introducing a synonymous parallel, it is superfluous in English.

⁵ tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”

⁶ tn Grk “they entice.”

⁷ tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”

⁸ tn Grk “those.”

⁹ tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”

¹⁰ tn Or “deceit.”