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2 Peter 2:18

2 Peter 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

they speak: Psalms 52:1-3, Psalms 73:8-9; Daniel 4:30, Daniel 11:36; Acts 8:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Jude 1:13, Jude 1:15-16; Revelation 13:5-6, Revelation 13:11

great swelling: Υπερογκα: strong:G5246, things puffed up with the wind.

wantonness: Romans 13:13; James 5:5

that were: 2 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 1:4; Acts 2:40

clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read

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