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18 For while uttering pompous[a] words of [b] futility[c], they entice by the desires of the flesh, by[d] sensualities, the ones barely[e] escaping-from the ones living in error, 19 promising them freedom, themselves being slaves of corruption. For by what one has been defeated, by this he has been enslaved.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 Or, swollen, excessive, bombastic.
  2. 2 Peter 2:18 That is, characterized by.
  3. 2 Peter 2:18 Or, uselessness, worthlessness.
  4. 2 Peter 2:18 Or, for. Or, by the sensual desires of the flesh.
  5. 2 Peter 2:18 That is, just beginning to.

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(C)

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18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

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