² tn Grk “one utterance.”

³ tn Or “it will end in utter destruction.”

⁵ tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness for eternity.” See note on the word “utter” in v. 6.

² tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”

¹ tn Heb “will completely pass away”; ASV “shall utterly pass away.”

¹ tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

² tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

¹ tn Heb “to speak thoughtlessly”; cf. NAB “rashly utters an oath.”

³ tn Grk “just as the spirit gave them to utter.” The verb ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthengomai) was used of special utterances in Classical Greek (BDAG 125 s.v.).

¹ tn Grk “after having said,” emphasizing the present impact of this utterance.

¹ tn Heb “be ashamed with shame”; ASV, NASB “be utterly put to shame.”

² tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness.” Verse 4 speaks of wicked angels presently in “chains of utter darkness,” while the final fate of the false teachers is a darker place still.

² tn The Hebrew text indicates that this would be some impetuous vow that she uttered with her lips, a vow that her husband, whether new or existing, would not approve of. Several translate it “a binding obligation rashly uttered.”

⁷ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesthiō) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

³ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesthiō) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

¹ tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with προεῖπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the apostles uttered prophecies.

³ tn Grk “words.” In conjunction with πρόειπον (proeipon), however, the meaning of the construction is that the prophets uttered prophecies.

² tn Or “be destroyed”; KJV “utterly perish”; NLT “will quickly disappear”; CEV “you won’t have long to live.”

⁶ tn The words “locked up” are not in Greek, but are expressed in English as a resumptive point after the double prepositional phrase (“in eternal chains in utter darkness”).

¹ tn Heb “the field has been utterly destroyed.” The term “field,” a collective singular for “fields,” is a metonymy for crops produced by the fields.