Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
2 Peter 2:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 These false teachers promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of immorality; whatever overpowers you, enslaves you. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord, because of his holy words.
The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a serious skin disease.
Jesus responded, ‘Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.
By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.