They called out to Lot and said, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them! ’
2 Peter 2:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And many will follow their immoral ways and lascivious doings; because of them the true Way will be maligned and defamed. American Standard Version (1901) And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. Common English Bible Many will follow them in their unrestrained immorality, and because of these false teachers the way of truth will be slandered. Catholic Public Domain Version And many persons will follow their indulgences; through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And many shall follow their riotousnesses, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. |
They called out to Lot and said, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them! ’
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, ‘Which is the way to what is good? ’ Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, ‘We won’t! ’
So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don’t care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality. ,
For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
When they came, they said to him, ‘Teacher, we know you are truthful and don’t care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we? ’
For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
and said, ‘You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
As she followed Paul and us she cried out, ‘These men, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.’
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples, and conducted discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
I persecuted this Way to the death, arresting and putting both men and women in jail,
But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.
For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. ,
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.
Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.
Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
But these people, like irrational animals #– #creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed #– #slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickedness
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.
and if he rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the depraved behaviour of the immoral
But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct #– #like irrational animals #– #by these things they are destroyed.
to execute judgement on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.’
For some people, who were designated for this judgement long ago, , have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
It deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered. ,