<vn='1'><sn="1161">But</s> there <sn="1096">were</s> false <sn="5578">prophets</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="5613">as</s> there shall <sn="2071">be</s> false <sn="5572">teachers</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3748">who</s> privily shall bring <sn="3919">in</s><sn="684">damnable</s><sn="139">heresies</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="720">denying</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1203">Lord</s> that <sn="59">bought</s><sn="846">them</s>, and bring <sn="1863">upon</s><sn="1438">themselves</s><sn="5031">swift</s><sn="684">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4183">many</s> shall <sn="1811">follow</s><sn="846">their</s> pernicious <sn="684">ways</s>; by reason <sn="1223">of</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> of <sn="225">truth</s> shall be evil spoken <sn="987">of</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722">through</s><sn="4124">covetousness</s> shall they with <sn="4112">feigned</s><sn="3056">words</s> make <sn="1710">merchandise</s> of <sn="5209">you</s>: <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="2917">judgment</s> now of a long <sn="1597">time</s><sn="691">lingereth</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="684">damnation</s><sn="3573">slumbereth</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="5339">spared</s><sn="3756">not</s> the <sn="32">angels</s> that <sn="264">sinned</s>, <sn="235">but</s> cast them down to <sn="5020">hell</s>, and <sn="3860">delivered</s> them into <sn="4577">chains</s> of <sn="2217">darkness</s>, to be <sn="5083">reserved</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2920">judgment</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5339">spared</s><sn="3756">not</s> the <sn="744">old</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="5442">saved</s><sn="3575">Noah</s> the <sn="3590">eighth</s> person, a <sn="2783">preacher</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, bringing <sn="1863">in</s> the <sn="2627">flood</s> upon the <sn="2889">world</s> of the <sn="765">ungodly</s>; </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s> turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into <sn="5077 4172 4670 2532 1116">ashes</s><sn="2632">condemned</s> them with an <sn="2692">overthrow</s>, <sn="5087">making</s> them an <sn="5262">example</s> unto those that after <sn="3195">should</s> live <sn="764">ungodly</s>; </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4506">delivered</s><sn="1342">just</s><sn="3091">Lot</s>, <sn="2669">vexed</s><sn="5259">with</s><sn="3588">the</s> filthy <sn="1722 766 391">conversation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="113">wicked</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>( <sn="1063">For</s> that righteous <sn="1342">man</s><sn="1460">dwelling</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="846">them</s>, in <sn="990">seeing</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="189">hearing</s>, <sn="928">vexed</s> his <sn="1342">righteous</s><sn="5590">soul</s> from <sn="2250">day</s><sn="1537">to</s><sn="2250">day</s> with their <sn="459">unlawful</s><sn="2041">deeds</s> ); </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1492">knoweth</s> how to <sn="4506">deliver</s> the <sn="2152">godly</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3986">temptations</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> to <sn="5083">reserve</s> the <sn="94">unjust</s><sn="1519">unto</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="2920">judgment</s> to be <sn="2849">punished</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3122">chiefly</s> them that <sn="4198">walk</s><sn="3694">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="1939">lust</s> of <sn="3394">uncleanness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2706">despise</s><sn="2963">government</s>. <sn="5113">Presumptuous</s> are they, <sn="829">self</s> -willed, they are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5141">afraid</s> to speak <sn="987">evil</s> of <sn="1391">dignities</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3699">Whereas</s><sn="32">angels</s>, which <sn="5607">are</s><sn="3187">greater</s> in <sn="2479">power</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1411">might</s>, <sn="5342">bring</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="989">railing</s><sn="2920">accusation</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="3844">before</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3778">these</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="5446">natural</s><sn="249">brute</s><sn="2226">beasts</s>, <sn="1080">made</s> to be <sn="1519 259">taken</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5356">destroyed</s>, speak <sn="987">evil</s><sn="1722">of</s> the things <sn="3739">that</s> they understand <sn="50">not</s>; and shall utterly <sn="2704">perish</s><sn="1722">in</s> their <sn="848">own</s><sn="5356">corruption</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>And shall <sn="2865">receive</s> the <sn="3408">reward</s> of <sn="93">unrighteousness</s>, as they that <sn="2233">count</s> it <sn="2237">pleasure</s> to <sn="5172">riot</s><sn="1722">in</s> the day <sn="2250">time</s>. <sn="4695">Spots</s> they are <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3470">blemishes</s>, sporting <sn="1792">themselves</s><sn="1722">with</s> their <sn="848">own</s><sn="539">deceivings</s> while they <sn="4910">feast</s> with <sn="5213">you</s>; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2192">Having</s><sn="3788">eyes</s><sn="3324">full</s> of <sn="3428">adultery</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that cannot <sn="180">cease</s> from <sn="266">sin</s>; <sn="1185">beguiling</s><sn="793">unstable</s><sn="5590">souls</s>: a <sn="2588">heart</s> they <sn="2192">have</s><sn="1128">exercised</s> with covetous <sn="4124">practices</s>; <sn="2671">cursed</s><sn="5043">children</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>Which have <sn="2641">forsaken</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2117">right</s><sn="3598">way</s>, and are gone <sn="4105">astray</s>, <sn="1811">following</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> of <sn="903">Balaam</s> the son of <sn="1007">Bosor</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="25">loved</s> the <sn="3408">wages</s> of <sn="93">unrighteousness</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">But</s> was <sn="2192 1649">rebuked</s> for <sn="2398">his</s><sn="3892">iniquity</s>: the <sn="880">dumb</s><sn="5268">ass</s><sn="5350">speaking</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="444">man</s> 's <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="2967">forbade</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3913">madness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3778">These</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="4077">wells</s> without <sn="504">water</s>, <sn="3507">clouds</s> that are <sn="1643">carried</s><sn="5259">with</s> a <sn="2978">tempest</s>: to <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2217">mist</s> of <sn="4655">darkness</s> is <sn="5083">reserved</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1063">For</s> when they <sn="5350">speak</s> great <sn="5246">swelling</s> words of <sn="3153">vanity</s>, they <sn="1185">allure</s><sn="1722">through</s> the <sn="1939">lusts</s> of the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, through much <sn="766">wantonness</s>, those that were clean <sn="668 3689">escaped</s> from them who <sn="390">live</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4106">error</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>While they <sn="1861">promise</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1657">liberty</s>, <sn="846">they</s> themselves <sn="5225">are</s> the <sn="1401">servants</s> of <sn="5356">corruption</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> of <sn="3739">whom</s> a <sn="5100">man</s> is <sn="2274">overcome</s>, of the <sn="5129">same</s> is <sn="*2532">he</s> brought in <sn="1402">bondage</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> after they have <sn="668">escaped</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3393">pollutions</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="1722">through</s> the <sn="1922">knowledge</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4990">Savior</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, they <sn="*1161">are</s><sn="3825">again</s><sn="1707">entangled</s><sn="5125">therein</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2274">overcome</s>, <sn="3588">the</s> latter <sn="2078">end</s><sn="1096">is</s><sn="5501">worse</s> with <sn="846">them</s> than <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4413">beginning</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s> it had <sn="2258">been</s><sn="2909">better</s> for <sn="846">them</s><sn="3361">not</s> to have <sn="1921">known</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="2228">than</s>, after they have <sn="1921">known</s> it, to <sn="1994">turn</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="3860">delivered</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s> it is <sn="4819">happened</s> unto <sn="846">them</s><sn="*3588">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="227">true</s><sn="3942">proverb</s>, The <sn="2965">dog</s> is turned to his own vomit <sn="1994 1909 2398 1829">again</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="5300">sow</s> that was <sn="3068">washed</s><sn="1519">to</s> her <sn="2946">wallowing</s> in the <sn="1004">mire</s>. </v>