(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (A)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then (B)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (C)those who indulge[b] in the lust of defiling passion and (D)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble (E)as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
  2. 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh

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