2 Peter 2:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ promising them freedoms, while they themselves are the servants of corruption. For by whatever a man is overcome, of this also is he the servant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement–for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ These false teachers promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of immorality; whatever overpowers you, enslaves you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁹ They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

2 Peter 2:19 Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

Jeremiah 23:9

To the prophets: "My heart is crushed within me. All my bones are trembling. I have become like an inebriated man, and like a man maddened by wine, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

and he shall be condemned of uncleanness.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Acts 19:16

And the man, in whom there was a wicked spirit, leaping at them and getting the better of them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house, naked and wounded.

Galatians 5:1

Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.

2 Timothy 2:26

and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

Titus 3:3

For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:16

in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.

2 Peter 1:4

Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled and overcome by these things, then the latter state becomes worse than the former.