2 Peter 2:3
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
ὅς
for whom
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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πλαστός
with fabricated
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πλαστός
moulded, i.e. (by implication) artificial or (figuratively) fictitious (false)
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νυστάζω
slumbers.
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νυστάζω
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
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ἐμπορεύομαι
they will exploit,
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ἐμπορεύομαι
to travel in (a country as a pedlar), i.e. (by implication) to trade
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κρίμα
judgment
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κρίμα
a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime"))
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πλεονεξία
covetousness
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πλεονεξία
avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
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ἔκπαλαι
of long ago
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ἔκπαλαι
long ago, for a long while
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