Catholic Public Domain Version
"And many persons will follow their indulgences; through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed. "
— 2 Peter 2:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
“And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. ”
“Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.”
“And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.”
“And many shall follow their riotousness, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
“And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.”
“And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be among you lying teachers, who will introduce divisions of perdition, and they will deny him who bought them, the Lord, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
And many persons will follow their indulgences; through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed.
And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.
For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them, as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld, to be reserved unto judgment.
And he did not spare the original world, but he preserved the eighth one, Noah, the herald of justice, bringing the flood upon the world of the impious.