17 These people are springs without water, mists driven by a storm. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.(A) 18 For by uttering boastful, empty words,(B) they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped[a] from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.(C)

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  1. 2:18 Or people who are actually escaping

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