Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!
2 Peter 2:19 - Tree of Life Version They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption—for a person is a slave to whatever has overcome him. 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. |
Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!
As for the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine because of Adonai, because of His holy words.
The kohen is to examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him unclean. It is tza'arat.
Yeshua answered them, “Amen, amen I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Then the man with the evil spirit sprang at them, subduing and overpowering all of them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
For freedom, Messiah set us free—so stand firm, and do not be burdened by a yoke of slavery again.
Brothers and sisters, you were called to freedom—only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Then they may regain their senses and escape the devil’s snare, in which they had been held captive by him to do his will.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Live as free people, but not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil. Rather, live as God’s slaves.
Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.
For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.