2 Peter 2:14

“They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable for sin; they entice unsteady souls; they have a heart trained in greed; they are children of a curse.”

2 Peter 2:14 · direct translation from the Greek
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2 Peter 2:14, word by word

They haveἔχοντεςechontes

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

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eyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmous

eye

The organ of sight, in the face.

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fullμεστοὺςmestous

full

Full.

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of adulteryμοιχαλίδοςmoichalidos

adulteress

Adulteress: a woman unfaithful to her husband. The prophets use the same image for a people unfaithful to God.

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insatiableἀκαταπαύστουςakatapaustous

unceasing

Unceasing, restless: that cannot stop.

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for sinἁμαρτίαςhamartias

sin

Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.

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they enticeδελεάζοντεςdeleazontes

lure, entice

Lure, entice, as with bait.

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unsteadyἀστηρίκτουςastēriktous

unstable

Unstable, unsteady.

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soulsψυχὰςpsychas

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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a heartκαρδίανkardian

heart

Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.

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trainedγεγυμνασμένηνgegymnasmenēn

train

Exercise, train, as an athlete does.

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in greedπλεονεξίαςpleonexias

greed

Greed, the craving to have more.

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childrenτέκναtekna

child

Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.

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of a curseκατάραςkataras

curse

Curse, the opposite of a blessing.

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The context

13suffering wrong as the wage of their unrighteousness. They consider luxury in broad daylight a pleasure; they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.

14 · This verse (above)

15Forsaking the straight way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

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