2 Peter 2:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Those false teachers boast with words that mean nothing. They lead people into the trap \{of sin\}. They lead away people who are just beginning to come away from other people who live wrong. Those false teachers do this by using the evil things people want to do in their sinful selves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For uttering loud boasts of folly, they beguile and lure with lustful desires of the flesh those who are barely escaping from them who are wrongdoers.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ With empty, self-important speech, they use sinful cravings and unrestrained immorality to ensnare people who have only just escaped life with those who have wandered from the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error,

2 Peter 2:18 Cross References

1 Kings 13:19

So the man of God [169] went to the old prophet’s house and ate and drank with him.

Ezekiel 35:13

And you were proud and said things against me. You spoke too many times and I have heard every word you said! Yes, I heard you.”

Daniel 11:36

“‘The northern king will do whatever he wants. He will brag about himself. He will praise himself and think that he is even better than a god. He will say things that no one has ever heard of. He will say those things against the God of gods. He will be successful until all the bad things have happened. What God has planned to happen will happen.

Acts 2:40

Peter warned them with many other words; he begged them, “Save yourselves from the evil of the people that live now!”

Acts 8:9

But there was a man named Simon in that city. Before Philip came there, Simon used his power to do magic and he amazed all the people of Samaria. Simon boasted and called himself a great man.

Romans 13:13

We should live in a right way, like people that belong to the day. We should not have wild and wasteful parties. We should not be drunk. We should not do sexual sins or sin in any way with our bodies. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.

Ephesians 4:17

For the Lord I tell you this. I warn you: Don’t continue living like those people who don’t believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

That Man of Evil is against anything called God or anything that people worship. And that Man of Evil puts himself above anything called God or anything that people worship. And that Man of Evil even goes into God’s temple {\cf2\super [5]} and sits there. Then he says that he is God.

James 5:5

Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, \{like an animal ready\} for the day of slaughter. {\cf2\super [25]}

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and goodness, Jesus gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With those gifts you can share in being like God. And so the world will not ruin you with the evil things it wants.

2 Peter 2:14

Every time they look at a woman they want her. These false teachers are always sinning this way. They lead weaker people into the trap \{of sin\}. They have taught themselves well to be greedy. They are under a curse. {\cf2\super [9]}

2 Peter 2:2

Many people will follow them in the morally wrong things they do. And other people will say bad things about the Way of truth because of those people.

2 Peter 2:20

Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.

2 Peter 2:7

But God saved Lot \{from those cities\}. Lot was a very good man. He was troubled because of the morally bad lives of evil people.

2 Peter 3:17

Dear friends, you already know about this. So be careful. Don’t let those evil people lead you away by the wrong things they do. Be careful so that you will not fall from your strong \{faith\}.

Revelation 13:11

Then I saw another animal coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he talked like a giant snake.