2 Petrus 2:8

2:8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul ¹  by the lawless deeds he saw and heard ² )

2 Petrus 3:17

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ³  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ⁴  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ⁵ 

[2:8]  ¹ tn Grk “that righteous man tormented his righteous soul.”

[2:8]  ² tn Grk “by lawless deeds, in seeing and hearing [them].”

[3:17]  ³ tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”

[3:17]  ⁴ tn Or “lawless ones.”

[3:17]  sn These unprincipled men. The same word is used in 2:7, suggesting further that the heretics in view in chapter 3 are the false teachers of chapter 2.

[3:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”