Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.
New American Standard Bible
Many will follow their
King James Version
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
International Standard Version
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
A Conservative Version
And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.
American Standard Version
And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
Amplified
Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
An Understandable Version
And many people will follow their unrestrained, indecent conduct, which will result in the true way [of God] being spoken against.
Anderson New Testament
and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;
Bible in Basic English
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
Common New Testament
And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.
Daniel Mace New Testament
many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd.
Darby Translation
and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And many will follow their lewd practices, on account of whom, they way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Godbey New Testament
And many will follow their impurities; through whom the way of truth will be slandered:
Goodspeed New Testament
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and they will cause the true way to be maligned.
John Wesley New Testament
And many will follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Julia Smith Translation
(And many shall follow their licentiousness; by whom the way of truth shall be defamed.)
King James 2000
And many shall follow their shameful ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.
Modern King James verseion
And many will follow their pernicious ways, and because of them the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And many shall follow their damnable ways, by which the way of truth shall be evil spoken of;
Moffatt New Testament
and many will follow their immorality (thanks to them the true Way will be maligned);
Montgomery New Testament
Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned.
NET Bible
And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
New Heart English Bible
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
Noyes New Testament
And many will follow their dissolute ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of;
Sawyer New Testament
and many shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled,
The Emphasized Bible
And, many, will follow out their wanton ways, - by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And many will go out of the way after their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be injuriously reviled.
Twentieth Century New Testament
There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the Way of the Truth to be maligned.
Webster
And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Weymouth New Testament
And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.
Williams New Testament
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the true Way will be abused,
World English Bible
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
Worrell New Testament
and many will follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be defamed;
Worsley New Testament
And many will follow their pernicious tenets, on whose account the way of truth will be reproached:
Youngs Literal Translation
and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
Themes
Corruption » Who are the servants of corruption
Covetousness » Shall abound in the last days
false Doctrines » Teachers of » Bring reproach on religion
false Doctrines » Teachers of » Attract many
Examples » What and who are examples
Folly » Who returns to their folly
Forsaking » Who has forsaken the right way
Inconsistency » General marks of » Brings reproach upon the cause of truth
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Peter
Reproach » Inconsistency in religious life brings reproach upon the cause of truth
Servants » Who are the servants of corruption
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks evil
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 2 Peter 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rise And Fall Of The False Teachers
1
But there were also false prophets
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 2:24
For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
Acts 16:17
As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you
Acts 24:14
But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way,
2 Peter 2:15
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path
Jude 1:10
But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.
Jude 1:15
and to convict them
of all their ungodly
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.
Revelation 13:14
He deceives those who live on the earth
Psalm 18:21
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
Isaiah 35:8
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
Matthew 7:14
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians.
Matthew 24:10-13
Matthew 24:24
Mark 12:14
When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality
Mark 13:22
John 14:6
Jesus told him,
Acts 13:10
and said, “You son of the Devil,
Acts 14:2
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.
Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home
Acts 19:9
But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
1 Timothy 5:14
Therefore, I want younger women to marry,
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive
Titus 2:8
Your message is to be sound beyond reproach,
1 Peter 2:12
Conduct
2 Peter 2:21
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness
1 John 2:18-19
Children, it is the last hour.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent,
2 Peter 2:12
But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,
Revelation 13:8
All those who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book