2 Petrus 2:2

2:2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

2 Petrus 2:7

2:7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless ⁴  men, ⁵ 

2 Petrus 2:18

2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words ⁶  they are able to entice, ⁷  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, ⁸  people ⁹  who have just escaped ¹⁰  from those who reside in error. ¹¹ 

[2:2]  ¹ tn “Debauched lifestyles” is literally “licentiousnesses,” “sensualities,” “debaucheries.”

[2:2]  ² tn Grk “because of whom,” introducing a subordinate clause to the first part of the verse.

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “blasphemed,” “reviled,” “treated with contempt.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Or “unprincipled.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn This verse more literally reads “And [if] he rescued righteous Lot, who was deeply distressed by the lifestyle of the lawless in [their] debauchery.”

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “they entice.”

[2:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”

[2:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “those.”

[2:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”

[2:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “deceit.”