2:1  
    [kjv]  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
    [bbe]  But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2:2 
    [kjv]  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
    [bbe]  And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
2:3
    [kjv]  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
    [bbe]  And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
2:4
    [kjv]  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
    [bbe]  For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
2:5  
    [kjv]  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
    [bbe]  And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
2:6
    [kjv]  And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
    [bbe]  And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;
2:7
    [kjv]  And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
    [bbe]  And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers
2:8  
    [kjv]  (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
    [bbe]  (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
2:9
    [kjv]  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
    [bbe]  The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
2:10 
    [kjv]  But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
    [bbe]  But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
2:11  
    [kjv]  Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
    [bbe]  Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.
2:12  
    [kjv]  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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