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Youὑμεῖςthen,οὖνbeloved,ἀγαπητοίknowing this beforehand,προγινώσκοντεςbe on your guardφυλάσσεσθεso thatἵναyou are notμὴcarried awayσυναπαχθέντεςby the errorτῇ πλάνῃof the lawlessτῶν ἀθέσμωνand loseἐκπέσητεyour ownτοῦ ἰδίουfirm footing.στηριγμοῦ
2 Peter 3:17
Study it in the app“You 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.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 3:17, word by word
- belovedἀγαπητοίagapētoi
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “agapētoi” appears- knowing this beforehandπρογινώσκοντεςproginōskontes
foreknow
Know things before they happen; know from the start.
Where else “proginōskontes” appears- be on your guardφυλάσσεσθεphylassesthe
protect
To shield from evil, or beware of something.
Where else “phylassesthe” appears- carried awayσυναπαχθέντεςsynapachthentes
be carried away
To be swept along by others' conduct or error.
Where else “synapachthentes” appears- by the errorπλάνῃplanēi
error, deception
Deception, error.
Where else “planēi” appears- of the lawlessἀθέσμωνathesmōn
lawless
Lawless: respecting no law.
Where else “athesmōn” appears- and loseἐκπέσητεekpesēte
lose
To be robbed of what one had.
Where else “ekpesēte” appears- your ownἰδίουidiou
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiou” appears- firm footingστηριγμοῦstērigmou
firmness, stability
Firmness, stability, steadfastness.
Where else “stērigmou” appears
The context
16as 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.