ΠΕΤΡΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ Second Epistle of Peter the T heologian

CHAPTER 2

| 1 | εγενοντο |  | δε |  | και |  | ψευδοπροφηται |  | εν |  | τω |  | λαω |  | ως |  | και |  | εν |  | υμιν |
|  | But there were |  | ♦ |  | also |  | false prophets |  | among |  | the |  | people, |  | as |  | also |  | among |  | you |

εσονται |  | ψευδοδιδασκαλοι |  | οιτινες |  | παρεισαξουσιν |  | αιρεσεις |  | απωλειας |
will be |  | false teachers, |  | who |  | will bring in stealthily |  | sects 2 |  | destructive, 1 |

και |  | τον |  | αγορασαντα |  | αυτους |  | δεσποτην |  | αρνουμενοι |  | επαγοντες |  | εαυτοις |
and |  | the 2 |  | who 4 bought 5 |  | them 6 |  | Master 3 |  | denying, 1 |  | bringing upon |  | themselves |

ταχινην |  | απωλειαν |  |
swift |  | destruction; |  |

| 2 | και |  | πολλοι |  | εξακολουθησουσιν |  | αυτων |  | ταις |  | απωλειαις |  | δι |  | ους |  | η |
|  | and |  | many |  | will follow after |  | their |  | ♦ |  | destructive ways, |  | through |  | whom |  | the |

οδος |  | της |  | αληθειας |  | βλασφημηθησεται |  |
way |  | of the |  | truth |  | will be evil spoken of. |  |

| 3 | και |  | εν |  | πλεονεξια |  | πλαστοις |  | λογοις |  | υμας |  | εμπορευσονται |  | οις |
|  | And |  | through |  | covetousness |  | with well-turned |  | words |  | you |  | they will make gain of: |  | for whom |

το |  | κριμα |  | εκπαλαι |  | ουκ |  | αργει |  | και |  | η |  | απωλεια |  | αυτων |
♦ |  | judgment |  | of old |  | is not idle, |  | ♦ |  | and |  | their destruction |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ου |  | νυσταζει |  |
slumbers not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | ει |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | θεος |  | αγγελων |  | αμαρτησαντων |  | ουκ |  | εφεισατο |  | αλλα |
|  | For if |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God |  | [the] angels |  | who sinned |  | spared not, |  | ♦ |  | but |

σειραις |  | ζοφου |  | ταρταρωσας |  | παρεδωκεν |  | εις |
to 8 chains 9 |  | of 10 darkness 11 |  | having 1 cast 2 [them] 3 to 4 the 5 deepest 6 abyss 7 |  | delivered [them] |  | for |

κρισιν |  | τετηρημενους |  |
judgment |  | having been kept; |  |

| 5 | και |  | αρχαιου |  | κοσμου |  | ουκ |  | εφεισατο |  | αλλ |  | ογδοον |  | νωε |  | δικαιοσυνης |
|  | and |  | [the] ancient |  | world |  | not 2 |  | spared, 1 |  | but |  | [the] 3 eighth 4 |  | Noe 2 |  | of 7 righteousness 8 |

κηρυκα |  | εφυλαξεν |  | κατακλυσμον |  | κοσμω |  | ασεβων |  | επαξας |  |
a 5 herald 6 |  | preserved, 1 |  | [the] flood upon |  | [the] world |  | of [the] ungodly |  | having brought in; |  |

| 6 | και |  | πολεις |  | σοδομων |  | και |  | γομορρας |  | τεφρωσας |  | καταστροφη |
|  | and |  | [the] cities |  | of Sodom |  | and |  | Gomorrha |  | having reduced to ashes |  | with an overthrow |

κατεκρινεν |  | υποδειγμα |  | μελλοντων |  | ασεβειν |  | τεθεικως |  |
condemned [them], |  | an 3 example 4 [to 5 those] 6 |  | being 7 about 8 |  | to 9 live 10 ungodly 11 |  | having 1 set; 2 |  |

| 7 | και |  | δικαιον |  | λωτ |  | καταπονουμενον |  | υπο |  | της |  | των |  | αθεσμων |  | εν |
|  | and |  | righteous |  | Lot, |  | oppressed |  | by |  | the |  | of 4 the 5 |  | lawless 6 |  | in 2 |

ασελγεια |  | αναστροφης |  | ερρυσατο |  |
licentiousness 3 |  | conduct 1 |  | he delivered, |  |

| 8 | βλεμματι |  | γαρ |  | και |  | ακοη |  | ο |  | δικαιος |  | εγκατοικων |  | εν |  | αυτοις |
|  | (through 2 seeing 3 |  | for 1 |  | and |  | hearing, |  | the |  | righteous [man], |  | dwelling |  | among |  | them, |

ημεραν |  | εξ |  | ημερας |  | ψυχην |  | δικαιαν |  | ανομοις |  | εργοις |  | εβασανιζεν |  |
day |  | by |  | day |  | [his] 2 soul 4 |  | righteous 3 |  | with 5 [their] 6 lawless 7 |  | works 8 |  | tormented,) 1 |  |

| 9 | οιδεν |  | κυριος |  | ευσεβεις |  | εκ |  | πειρασμου |  | ρυεσθαι |  | αδικους |
|  | knows 11 |  | [the] 9 Lord 10 |  | [how the] pious |  | out of |  | temptation |  | to deliver, |  | and [the] unrighteous |

δε |  | εις |  | ημεραν |  | κρισεως |  | κολαζομενους |  | τηρειν |  |
♦ |  | to |  | a day |  | of judgment |  | to 3 be 4 punished 5 |  | to 1 keep; 2 |  |

| 10 | μαλιστα |  | δε |  | τους |  | οπισω |  | σαρκος |  | εν |  | επιθυμια |  | μιασμου |
|  | and specially |  | ♦ |  | those who |  | after |  | [the] flesh |  | in |  | [the] lust |  | of pollution |

πορευομενους |  | και |  | κυριοτητος |  | καταφρονουντας |  | τολμηται |  | αυθαδεις |
walk, |  | and |  | lordship |  | despise. |  | [They are] daring, |  | self-willed; |

δοξας |  | ου |  | τρεμουσιν |  | βλασφημουντες |  |
glories 7 |  | they 1 tremble 2 not 3 |  | ♦ |  | speaking 4 evil 5 of; 6 |  |

| 11 | οπου |  | αγγελοι |  | ισχυι |  | και |  | δυναμει |  | μειζονες |  | οντες |  | ου |  | φερουσιν |
|  | where |  | angels |  | in 3 strength 4 |  | and 5 |  | power 6 |  | greater 2 |  | being, 1 |  | not 8 |  | do bring 7 |

κατ |  | αυτων |  | παρα |  | κυριω |  | βλασφημον |  | κρισιν |  |
against |  | them, |  | before |  | [the] Lord, |  | a railing |  | charge. |  |

| 12 | ουτοι |  | δε |  | ως |  | αλογα |  | ζωα |  | φυσικα |  | γεγενημενα |  | εις |  | αλωσιν |  | και |
|  | But these, |  | ♦ |  | as |  | irrational 2 |  | animals 3 |  | natural 1 |  | born |  | for |  | capture |  | and |

φθοραν |  | εν |  | οις |  | αγνοουσιν |  | βλασφημουντες |  | εν |  | τη |
corruption, |  | in 3 |  | what 4 |  | they 5 are 6 ignorant 7 of 8 |  | speaking 1 evil, 2 |  | in |  | their corruption |

φθορα |  | αυτων |  | καταφθαρησονται |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | shall utterly perish, |  |

| 13 | κομιουμενοι |  | μισθον |  | αδικιας |  | ηδονην |  | ηγουμενοι |  | την |
|  | being about to receive |  | [the] reward |  | of unrighteousness; |  | pleasure 4 |  | esteeming 1 |  | ♦ |

εν |  | ημερα |  | τρυφην |  | σπιλοι |  | και |  | μωμοι |  | εντρυφωντες |  | εν |  | ταις |
ephemeral 2 |  | ♦ |  | indulgence; 3 |  | spots |  | and |  | blemishes, |  | luxuriating |  | in |  | ♦ |

απαταις |  | αυτων |  | συνευωχουμενοι |  | υμιν |  |
deceits 2 |  | their, 1 |  | feasting with |  | you; |  |

| 14 | οφθαλμους |  | εχοντες |  | μεστους |  | μοιχαλιδος |  | και |  | ακαταπαυστους |
|  | eyes |  | having |  | full |  | of an adulteress, |  | and |  | that cease not |

αμαρτιας |  | δελεαζοντες |  | ψυχας |  | αστηρικτους |  | καρδιαν |  | γεγυμνασμενην |
from sin, |  | alluring |  | souls |  | unestablished; |  | a 2 heart 3 |  | exercised 4 |

πλεονεξιαις |  | εχοντες |  | καταρας |  | τεκνα |  |
in 5 craving 6 |  | having 1 |  | of 8 curse 9 |  | children; 7 |  |

| 15 | καταλιποντες |  | την |  | ευθειαν |  | οδον |  | επλανηθησαν |  | εξακολουθησαντες |  | τη
|  | having left |  | the |  | straight |  | way, |  | they went astray, |  | having followed |  | in the

| οδω |  | του |  | βαλααμ |  | του |  | βοσορ |  | ος |  | μισθον |  | αδικιας |  | ηγαπησεν |  |
| way |  | ♦ |  | of Balaam, |  | ♦ |  | [son] of Bosor, |  | who |  | [the] reward |  | of unrighteousness |  | loved; |  |

| 16 | ελεγξιν |  | δε |  | εσχεν |  | ιδιας |  | παρανομιας |  | υποζυγιον |  | αφωνον |  | εν |
|  | but reproof |  | ♦ |  | had |  | of his own |  | wickedness, |  | [the] beast 2 of 3 burden 4 |  | dumb, 1 |  | in |

ανθρωπου |  | φωνη |  | φθεγξαμενον |  | εκωλυσεν |  | την |  | του |  | προφητου |
man’s |  | voice |  | speaking, |  | forbade |  | the |  | of 2 the 3 |  | prophet 4 |

παραφρονιαν |  |
madness. 1 |  |

| 17 | ουτοι |  | εισιν |  | πηγαι |  | ανυδροι |  | νεφελαι |  | υπο |  | λαιλαπος |  | ελαυνομεναι |
|  | These |  | are |  | fountains |  | without water, |  | clouds |  | by |  | storm |  | being driven, |

οις |  | ο |  | ζοφος |  | του |  | σκοτους |  | εις |  | αιωνα |  | τετηρηται |  |
to whom |  | the |  | gloom |  | ♦ |  | of darkness |  | for ever |  | ♦ |  | is kept. |  |

| 18 | υπερογκα |  | γαρ |  | ματαιοτητος |  | φθεγγομενοι |  | δελεαζουσιν |  | εν |
|  | For great swelling [words] |  | ♦ |  | of vanity |  | speaking, |  | they allure |  | with |

επιθυμιαις |  | σαρκος |  | ασελγειαις |  | τους |  | οντως |  | αποφυγοντας |
[the] desires |  | of [the] flesh, |  | by licentiousnesses, |  | those who |  | indeed |  | escaped from |

τους |  | εν |  | πλανη |  | αναστρεφομενους |  |
those who |  | in 2 |  | error 3 |  | walk, 1 |  |

| 19 | ελευθεριαν |  | αυτοις |  | επαγγελλομενοι |  | αυτοι |  | δουλοι |  | υπαρχοντες |  | της |
|  | freedom 6 |  | them 5 |  | promising, 4 |  | themselves |  | bondmen 2 |  | being 1 |  | ♦ |

φθορας |  | ω |  | γαρ |  | τις |  | ηττηται |  | τουτω |  | και |  | δεδουλωται |  |
of corruption; |  | for by whom |  | ♦ |  | anyone |  | has been subdued, |  | by him |  | also |  | he is held in bondage. |  |

| 20 | ει |  | γαρ |  | αποφυγοντες |  | τα |  | μιασματα |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | εν |  | επιγνωσει |
|  | For if |  | ♦ |  | having escaped |  | the |  | pollutions |  | of the |  | world |  | through |  | [the] knowledge |

του |  | κυριου |  | και |  | σωτηρος |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | τουτοις |  | δε |  | παλιν |
of the |  | Lord |  | and |  | Saviour |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | but by 8 these 9 |  | ♦ |  | again 1 |

εμπλακεντες |  | ηττωνται |  | γεγονεν |  | αυτοις |  | τα |  | εσχατα |  | χειρονα |
having 2 been 3 entangled 4 |  | they 5 are 6 subdued, 7 |  | has become |  | to them |  | the |  | last [state] |  | worse |

των |  | πρωτων |  |
than the |  | first. |  |

| 21 | κρειττον |  | γαρ |  | ην |  | αυτοις |  | μη |  | επεγνωκεναι |  | την |  | οδον |  | της |  | δικαιοσυνης |
|  | Better 2 |  | for 1 |  | it were |  | for them |  | not |  | to have known |  | the |  | way |  | ♦ |  | of righteousness, |

η |  | επιγνουσιν |  | επιστρεψαι |  | εκ |  | της |  | παραδοθεισης |  | αυτοις |  | αγιας |
than |  | having known [it] |  | to have turned |  | from |  | the |  | delivered 3 |  | to 4 them 5 |  | holy 1 |

εντολης |  |
commandment. 2 |  |

| 22 | συμβεβηκεν |  | δε |  | αυτοις |  | το |  | της |  | αληθους |  | παροιμιας |  | κυων |
|  | But has happened |  | ♦ |  | to them |  | the [word] |  | of the |  | true |  | proverb: |  | [The] dog |

επιστρεψας |  | επι |  | το |  | ιδιον |  | εξεραμα |  | και |  | υς |  | λουσαμενη |  | εις |
having returned |  | to |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | vomit; |  | and, |  | [The] sow 2 |  | washed, 1 |  | to [her] |

κυλισμα |  | βορβορου |  |
rolling place |  | in [the] mire. |  |