2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

In Context

18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who have truly escaped from others who live in error.

20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:8The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.

Jeremiah 23:9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it in its desires.

Galatians 5:1In the freedom with which Christ has set us free, stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

2 Timothy 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

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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