2 Peter 2:19

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

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17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

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

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

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

21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

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2 Peter 2:19 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
ASV American Standard Version: promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,
DBY Darby Translation: promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
WBS Webster Bible: While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he brought into bondage.