2Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.


In Context

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;

2nd Peter 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And many shall follow their riotousnesses, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.