2 Peter 2:17-18

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Peter 2:17 tn Although some translations have simply “these” or “these people,” since in v. 14 they are described as having eyes “full of an adulteress,” men are in view.
2. 2 Peter 2:17 tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness.” Verse 4 speaks of wicked angels presently in “chains of utter darkness,” while the final fate of the false teachers is a darker place still.
3. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”
4. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “they entice.”
5. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”
6. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Grk “those.”
7. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”
8. 2 Peter 2:18 tn Or “deceit.”