2 Peter 2:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!

Jeremiah 23:9

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

Leviticus 13:8

And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.

John 8:34

And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

Acts 19:16

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

Galatians 5:1

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

Galatians 5:13

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

2 Timothy 2:26

And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

Titus 3:3

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:16

As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

2 Peter 1:4

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.