2 Peter · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Peter 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Υπήρξαν όμως και ψευδοπροφήται μεταξύ του λαού, καθώς και μεταξύ σας θέλουσιν είσθαι ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οίτινες θέλουσι παρεισάξει αιρέσεις απωλείας, αρνούμενοι και τον αγοράσαντα αυτούς δεσπότην, επισύροντες εις εαυτούς ταχείαν απώλειαν·
1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 και πολλοί θέλουσιν εξακολουθήσει εις τας απωλείας αυτών, διά τους οποίους η οδός της αληθείας θέλει βλασφημηθή·
2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
3 και διά πλεονεξίαν θέλουσι σας εμπορευθή με πλαστούς λόγους, των οποίων η καταδίκη έκπαλαι δεν μένει αργή, και η απώλεια αυτών δεν νυστάζει.
3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
4 Διότι εάν ο Θεός δεν εφείσθη αγγέλους αμαρτήσαντας, αλλά ρίψας αυτούς εις τον τάρταρον δεδεμένους με αλύσεις σκότους, παρέδωκε διά να φυλάττωνται εις κρίσιν,
4 For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
5 και εάν τον παλαιόν κόσμον δεν εφείσθη, αλλά φέρων κατακλυσμόν επί τον κόσμον των ασεβών εφύλαξεν όγδοον τον Νώε, κήρυκα της δικαιοσύνης,
5 and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
6 και κατέκρινεν εις καταστροφήν τας πόλεις των Σοδόμων και της Γομόρρας και ετέφρωσε, καταστήσας παράδειγμα των μελλόντων να ασεβώσι,
6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,
7 και ηλευθέρωσε τον δίκαιον Λωτ καταθλιβόμενον υπό της ασελγούς διαγωγής των ανόμων·
7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
8 διότι ο δίκαιος, κατοικών μεταξύ αυτών, δι' οράσεως και ακοής, εβασάνιζεν από ημέρας εις ημέραν την δικαίαν αυτού ψυχήν διά τα άνομα έργα αυτών·
8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
9 εξεύρει ο Κύριος να ελευθερόνη εκ του πειρασμού τους ευσεβείς, τους δε αδίκους να φυλάττη εις την ημέραν της κρίσεως, διά να κολάζωνται,
9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
10 μάλιστα δε τους οπίσω της σαρκός ακολουθούντας με επιθυμίαν ακαθαρσίας και καταφρονούντας την εξουσίαν. Είναι τολμηταί, αυθάδεις, δεν τρέμουσι βλασφημούντες τα αξιώματα,
10 but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
11 ενώ οι άγγελοι, μεγαλήτεροι όντες εις ισχύν και δύναμιν, δεν φέρουσι κατ' αυτών βλάσφημον κρίσιν ενώπιον του Κυρίου.
11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
12 Ούτοι όμως, ως άλογα φυσικά ζώα γεγεννημένα διά άλωσιν και φθοράν, βλασφημούσι περί πραγμάτων τα οποία αγνοούσι, και θέλουσι καταφθαρή εν τη ιδία αυτών διαφθορά,
12 But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
13 και θέλουσι λάβει τον μισθόν της αδικίας αυτών· στοχάζονται ηδονήν την καθημερινήν τρυφήν, είναι σπίλοι και μώμοι, εντρυφώσιν εν ταις απάταις αυτών, συμποσιάζουσι με σας,
13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
14 έχουσιν οφθαλμούς μεστούς μοιχείας και μη παυομένους από της αμαρτίας, δελεάζουσι ψυχάς αστηρίκτους, έχουσι την καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην εις πλεονεξίας, είναι τέκνα κατάρας·
14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin, enticing unsettled souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children!
15 αφήσαντες την ευθείαν οδόν, επλανήθησαν και ηκολούθησαν την οδόν του Βαλαάμ υιού του Βοσόρ, όστις ηγάπησε τον μισθόν της αδικίας,
15 Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
16 ηλέγχθη όμως διά την ιδίαν αυτού παρανομίαν, άφωνον υποζύγιον με φωνήν ανθρώπου λαλήσαν ημπόδισε την παραφροσύνην του προφήτου.
16 but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
17 Ούτοι είναι πηγαί άνυδροι, νεφέλαι υπό ανεμοστροβίλου ελαυνόμεναι, διά τους οποίους το ζοφερόν σκότος φυλάττεται εις τον αιώνα.
17 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
18 Διότι λαλούντες υπερήφανα λόγια ματαιότητος, δελεάζουσι με τας επιθυμίας της σαρκός, με τας ασελγείας εκείνους οίτινες τωόντι απέφυγον τους εν πλάνη ζώντας,
18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
19 επαγγελλόμενοι εις αυτούς ελευθερίαν, ενώ αυτοί είναι δούλοι της διαφθοράς· διότι από όντινα νικάταί τις, τούτου και δούλος γίνεται.
19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
20 Επειδή εάν αφού απέφυγον τα μολύσματα του κόσμου διά της επιγνώσεως του Κυρίου και Σωτήρος Ιησού Χριστού, ενεπλέχθησαν πάλιν εις ταύτα και νικώνται, έγειναν εις αυτούς τα έσχατα χειρότερα των πρώτων.
20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
21 Επειδή καλήτερον ήτο εις αυτούς να μη γνωρίσωσι την οδόν της δικαιοσύνης, παρά αφού εγνώρισαν να επιστρέψωσιν εκ της παραδοθείσης εις αυτούς αγίας εντολής.
21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 Συνέβη δε εις αυτούς το της αληθινής παροιμίας, Ο κύων επέστρεψεν εις το ίδιον αυτού εξέρασμα, και, Ο χοίρος λουσθείς επέστρεψεν εις το κύλισμα του βορβόρου.
22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 7:15; Jude 4; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; 2 Timothy 4:3; Matthew 24:11
- 2 Romans 2:24; Jude 10; Matthew 24:24; 2 Peter 2:15; Titus 2:8
- 3 2 Corinthians 2:17; Romans 16:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Jude 15
- 4 Jude 6; Matthew 25:41; Romans 8:32; Revelation 20:1–3; Revelation 12:7–9
- 5 2 Peter 3:6; Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:26–27; Jude 14–15; 1 Peter 3:19–20
- 6 Jude 7; Luke 17:28–30; Deuteronomy 29:23; Genesis 19:24–25; Numbers 26:10
- 7 Genesis 19:16; Genesis 19:29; Genesis 19:7–8; Genesis 19:22; Genesis 13:13
- 8 Psalm 119:158; Ezekiel 9:4; Psalm 119:136; 1 Timothy 1:9; Proverbs 25:26
- 9 Psalm 34:15–19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Revelation 3:10; 2 Timothy 3:12; Jude 14–15
- 10 Jude 16; Jude 10; Exodus 22:28; Jude 18; 2 Peter 3:3
- 11 Jude 9; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Psalm 103:20; Daniel 6:22; Psalm 104:4
- 12 Jude 10; Jeremiah 12:3; Galatians 6:8; 2 Peter 2:19; Psalm 92:6
- 13 Romans 13:13; Romans 2:8–9; Hebrews 2:2–3; Philippians 3:19; Jude 12–16
- 14 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 2:18; Ephesians 2:3; 2 Peter 3:16; Ephesians 4:14
- 15 Revelation 2:14; Jude 11; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; Numbers 31:16; Numbers 22:5–7
- 16 Numbers 22:21–33; Acts 26:11; Luke 16:11; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 9:3
- 17 Jude 12–13; Jeremiah 14:3; Ephesians 4:14; Matthew 25:30; 2 Peter 2:4
- 18 2 Peter 2:20; Jude 15–16; Romans 13:13; James 5:5; Revelation 13:5–6
- 19 John 8:34; Romans 6:16–22; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 5:1; 1 Peter 2:16
- 20 Hebrews 10:26–27; Hebrews 6:4–8; Philippians 3:19; Luke 11:24–26; Deuteronomy 32:29
- 21 Ezekiel 18:24; Hebrews 6:4–6; James 4:17; Ezekiel 3:20; Luke 12:47
- 22 Proverbs 26:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… saved out of Sodom when all the country round was punished by means of fire and brimstone, the Lord thus making it manifest that He does not forsake those that hope in Him, but gives up such as depart from Him to punishment and torture. For Lot's wife, who went forth with him, being of a different mind from himself …
… incarcerated till their final damnation in the day of judgment, the Apostle Peter very plainly declares, when he says that "God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved into judgment." Who, then, can doubt that God, either in foreknowledge or in act, separated between these …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… that time have so fallen, nor can I think that it is of them the Apostle Peter said, "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment." I think he rather speaks of these who first apostatized from God, along with their …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… one who doeth sin is the servant of sin." And thus there are many wicked masters who have religious men as their slaves, and who are yet themselves in bondage; "for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." And beyond question it is a happier thing to be the slave of a man …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)