Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
2 Peter 2:19 - King James 2000 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. 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 crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
And if the priest sees that, behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
By which are given unto us exceedingly great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.