2 Peter 2:18
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.”
ἐπιθυμία
Desire, craving, longing. Epithumia. Do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. The flesh pulls toward what destroys. The Spirit pulls toward what gives life. Choose which you feed.
σάρξ
of the flesh
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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πλάνη
error
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πλάνη
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
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ματαιότης
of vanity
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ματαιότης
inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity
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φθέγγομαι
speaking words
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φθέγγομαι
to utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim
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ὑπέρογκος
Arrogant
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ὑπέρογκος
bulging over, i.e. (figuratively) insolent
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δελεάζω
they entice
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δελεάζω
to entrap, i.e. (figuratively) delude
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