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Andκαὶinἐνgreedπλεονεξίᾳwith made-upπλαστοῖςwordsλόγοιςthey will make merchandise ofἐμπορεύσονταιyou.ὑμᾶςFor themοἷςthe judgmentτὸ κρίμαfrom long agoἔκπαλαιis notοὐκidle,ἀργεῖandκαὶtheir destructionἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶνis notοὐasleep.νυστάζει
2 Peter 2:3
Study it in the app“And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 2:3, word by word
- greedπλεονεξίᾳpleonexiai
greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
Where else “pleonexiai” appears- with made-upπλαστοῖςplastois
made-up, fabricated
Made-up, fabricated, false.
Where else “plastois” appears- wordsλόγοιςlogois
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logois” appears- they will make merchandise ofἐμπορεύσονταιemporeusontai
exploit
To exploit others for profit.
Where else “emporeusontai” appears- the judgmentκρίμαkrima
condemnation
The sentence that declares someone guilty, and the penalty they receive.
Where else “krima” appears- from long agoἔκπαλαιekpalai
long ago
For a long time, from long ago.
Where else “ekpalai” appears- idleἀργεῖargei
be idle, delay
Be idle, linger, be slow.
Where else “argei” appears- their destructionἀπώλειαapōleia
destruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleia” appears- asleepνυστάζειnystazei
lie idle
To lie idle, not arriving; said of judgment delayed.
Where else “nystazei” appears
The context
2And many will follow their debaucheries, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 · This verse (above)
4For if God did not spare angels who sinned, but cast them into Tartarus and handed them over to chains of gloom, being kept for judgment;