Study it in the app“as he does also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsteady twist, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.”
asὡςhe does alsoκαὶinἐνallπάσαιςhis letters,ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖςspeakingλαλῶνinἐνthemαὐταῖςaboutπερὶthese things,τούτωνinἐνwhichαἷςthere areἐστινsome thingsτιναhard to understand,δυσνόητάwhichἃthe ignorantοἱ ἀμαθεῖςandκαὶunsteadyἀστήρικτοιtwist,στρεβλοῦσινasὡςthey do alsoκαὶthe otherτὰς λοιπὰςScriptures,γραφὰςtoπρὸςtheir ownτὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶνdestruction.ἀπώλειαν
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolais” appearsspeak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalōn” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estin” appearshard to understand
Hard to understand.
Where else “dysnoēta” appearsignorant, untaught
Ignorant, untaught.
Where else “amatheis” appearsunstable
Unstable, unsteady.
Where else “astēriktoi” appearstwist, distort
Twist, distort the meaning of something.
Where else “streblousin” appearsrest
What remains of a group, those not yet named.
Where else “loipas” appearsScripture
Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.
Where else “graphas” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idian” appearsdestruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleian” appears“The other Scriptures”: he places Paul’s letters alongside the Scriptures.
15And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
16 · This verse (above)
17You then, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and lose your own firm footing.
