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And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:19 NLT

They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:18 NLT

They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:17 NLT

These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:16 NLT

But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:12 NLT

These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:11 NLT

But the angels, who are far greater in power and strength, do not dare to bring from the Lord a charge of blasphemy against those supernatural beings.

over 9 years ago

He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:9 NLT

So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:8 NLT

Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:6 NLT

Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:5 NLT

And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:4 NLT

For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:2 NLT

Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 2:1 NLT

But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 1:20 NLT

Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding,

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 1:21 NLT

or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 1:18 NLT

We ourselves heard that voice from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 1:17 NLT

when he received honor and glory from God the Father. The voice from the majestic glory of God said to him, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”

over 9 years ago

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highlighted 2 Peter 1:16 NLT

For we were not making up clever stories when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We saw his majestic splendor with our own eyes

over 9 years ago

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