Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
2 Peter 2:19 - Y'all Version Bible promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of immorality. For whatever overcomes a person enslaves 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 crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of YHWH, and because of his holy words.
the priest will examine him. If he sees that the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
Jesus answered them, “Very truly I tell y’all, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
The man with the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and beat them into submission, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore y’all, stand firm and don’t be entangled again by a yoke of bondage.
For y’all were called to freedom, siblings. Only don’t use y’all’s freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
and they may sober up from the devil’s trap, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Live as free people, not using freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.
Through these things ʜᴇ has granted to us ʜɪꜱ precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them y’all may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption of the world caused by evil desire.
For if, after they have escaped the corruption of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, their last state has become worse for them than the first.