2 Peter 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 

Ps 52:1-3; Ps 73:8,9; Da 4:30; Da 11:36; Ac 2:40; Ac 8:9; Ro 13:13; 2Th 2:4; Jas 5:5; 2Pe 1:4; 2Pe 2:20; Jude 1:13,15,16; Re 13:5,6,11

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.”