2 Peter 2:19 - 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.

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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.

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.

2 Peter 2:19 Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

WOE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower, the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.

Jeremiah 23:9

To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, and as a man full of wine, at the presence of the Lord and at the presence of his holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

And shall be condemned of uncleanness.

John 8:34

Jesus answered them: Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

Acts 19:16

And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.

2 Timothy 2:26

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

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:16

As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

2 Peter 1:4

By whom he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature: flying the corruption of that concupiscence which is in the world.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.