2 Peter 2:17

These are wells without water, mists driven by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

In Context

16but was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the prophet.

18For, speaking swelling words of vanity, in lusts of the flesh they allure, by wanton ways, such as partly escape those who live in error;

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Cross References

Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

Matthew 25:30And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not angels, having sinned, but casting them down to hell delivered them over to chains of darkness[2:4], reserved unto judgment;

Jude 1:12These are rocks in your feasts of love, feasting with you fearlessly, feeding their own selves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:11-22

False Teachers. ( a. d. 67.) 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive… Read the whole commentary →

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