2 Petrus 2:2

2:2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

2 Petrus 2:21

2:21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

[2:2]  ¹ tn “Debauched lifestyles” is literally “licentiousnesses,” “sensualities,” “debaucheries.”

[2:2]  ² tn Grk “because of whom,” introducing a subordinate clause to the first part of the verse.

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “blasphemed,” “reviled,” “treated with contempt.”