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promisingἐπαγγελλόμενοιthemαὐτοῖςfreedomἐλευθερίανwhile they themselvesαὐτοὶareὑπάρχοντεςslavesδοῦλοιof corruption;τῆς φθορᾶςforγάρby whatᾧanyoneτιςis overcome,ἥττηταιto thisτούτῳhe is alsoκαὶenslaved.δεδούλωται
2 Peter 2:19
Study it in the app“promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, to this he is also enslaved.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 2:19, word by word
- promisingἐπαγγελλόμενοιepangellomenoi
promise
To pledge something, as God did to Abraham.
Where else “epangellomenoi” appears- freedomἐλευθερίανeleutherian
freedom
Freedom: not being subject as a slave.
Where else “eleutherian” appears- areὑπάρχοντεςhyparchontes
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchontes” appears- slavesδοῦλοιdouloi
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “douloi” appears- of corruptionφθορᾶςphthoras
corruption
The moral rot that ruins a person.
Where else “phthoras” appears- is overcomeἥττηταιhēttētai
be overcome
To be mastered by something.
Where else “hēttētai” appears- enslavedδεδούλωταιdedoulōtai
enslave
Enslave, make a slave; in the passive, be enslaved, be bound.
Where else “dedoulōtai” appears
The context
18For uttering swelling words of futility, they entice with desires of the flesh, with debaucheries, those who are barely escaping from those who live in error,
19 · This verse (above)
20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.