2 Peter 2:1 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Peter 2:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Ἐγένοντο
gínomai
G1096
to become
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ψευδοπροφῆται
pseudoprophḗtēs
G5578
false prophet
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
λαῷ
laós
G2992
people
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ἔσονται
eimí
G1510
to be
ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι
pseudodidáskalos
G5572
false teacher
οἵτινες
hóstis
G3748
whoever
παρεισάξουσιν
pareiságō
G3919
to bring in secretly
αἱρέσεις
haíresis
G139
choice
ἀπωλείας
apṓleia
G684
destruction
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
ἀγοράσαντα
agorázō
G59
to loiter in marketplace
αὐτοὺς
autós
G846
he
δεσπότην
despótēs
G1203
master
ἀρνούμενοι
arnéomai
G720
to deny
ἐπάγοντες
epágō
G1863
to bring upon
ἑαυτοῖς
heautoû
G1438
himself
ταχινὴν
tachinós
G5031
swift
ἀπώλειαν
apṓleia
G684
destruction
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But there also arose false prophets among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
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King James Version Public Domain
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now false prophets were also among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will bring in heresies of destruction, and denying the master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).