\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Peter}

{\MT ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Β΄



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH To fellow believers
\par }
{\MM \VerseOne{1}Συμεὼν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }{\FT{συμεων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA [75\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ σιμων 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B [25\%] CP}}} Πέτρος, δοῦλος καὶ ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῖς ἰσότιμον ἡμῖν λαχοῦσιν πίστιν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ Σωτῆρος, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·

\VS{2}Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:2 }{\FT{ιησου του κυριου ημων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (𝕻{\SUP{72}})B,C [68\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 234 [1.4\%] ¦ 1 χριστου 234 ℵA [15\%] (CP) ¦ χριστου 1234 [8\%] ¦ σωτηρος 1 χριστου 234 [1.2\%] ¦ ~ 2341 χριστου [6\%] ¦ one other reading [0.4\%]}}}

\VS{3}ὡς\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:3 }{\FT{ως
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 τα ℵA [8\%]}}} πάντα ἡμῖν τῆς θείας δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν δεδωρημένης, διὰ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀρετῆς,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:3 }{\FT{δια δοξης και αρετης
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B [81\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ιδια δοξη και αρετη ℵA,C [19\%] NU}}}

\VS{4}δι᾿ ὧν τὰ τίμια ἡμῖν καὶ μέγιστα ἐπαγγέλματα\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{τιμια ημιν (υμιν 3.4\%) και μεγιστα επαγγελματα
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ (81.6\%) RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ~ 13425 B (6.6\%) NU ¦ ~ 13452 𝕻{\SUP{72}} (0.4\%) ¦ 1345 (0.6\%) ¦ ~ 43125 (A)C (8.6\%) ¦ ~ 42315 (1.2\%) TR ¦ three further variations (1\%)}}} δεδώρηται, ἵνα διὰ τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοὶ φύσεως, ἀποφυγόντες τῆς ἐν κόσμῳ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ φθορᾶς.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{κοσμω εν (−εν 5\%) επιθυμια φθορας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [87\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τω 1234 A,B [alone] NU ¦ τω 1 επιθυμιαν 4 (φθοραν 𝕻{\SUP{72}}) 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵ [alone] ¦ 1 επιθυμιας και 4 C [5.6\%] ¦ 1 επιθυμιας 4 [2\%] ¦ τω 1 επιθυμιας και 4 [4\%] ¦ three other variants [0.6\%]}}}


\par }{\MS Take the Truth seriously!

\par }{\SH Our ‘entrance’ depends on us
\par }
{\MM \VS{5}Καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:5 }{\FT{δε τουτο
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ [66\%] ¦ ~ 21 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C [32\%] RP,HF,OC,TR(CP)NU ¦ ~ αυτοι 1 A [1\%] ¦ 2 [0.8\%] ¦ one other reading [0.2\%] (Curiously, this early majority reading is apparently not to be found in any other printed edition.)}}} σπουδὴν πᾶσαν παρεισενέγκαντες, ἐπιχορηγήσατε ἐν τῇ πίστει ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν,

\VS{6}ἐν δὲ τῇ γνώσει τὴν ἐγκράτειαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐγκρατείᾳ τὴν ὑπομονήν, ἐν δὲ τῇ ὑπομονῇ τὴν εὐσέβειαν,

\VS{7}ἐν δὲ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ τὴν φιλαδελφίαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ τὴν ἀγάπην.

\VS{8}Ταῦτα γὰρ ὑμῖν ὑπάρχοντα καὶ πλεονάζοντα, οὐκ ἀργοὺς οὐδὲ ἀκάρπους καθίστησιν εἰς τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιγνωσιν.

\VS{9}ᾯ γὰρ μὴ πάρεστιν ταῦτα τυφλός ἐστιν, μυωπάζων, λήθην λαβὼν τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ τῶν πάλαι αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:9 }{\FT{αμαρτιων
{\IT{rell}} ¦ αμαρτηματων ℵA [21\%]}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{10}Διὸ μᾶλλον, ἀδελφοί, σπουδάσατε\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:10 }{\FT{σπουδασατε
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 ινα δια των καλων εργων ℵ(A) [14\%]}}} βεβαίαν ὑμῶν τὴν κλῆσιν καὶ ἐκλογὴν ποιεῖσθαι,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:10 }{\FT{ποιεισθαι
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ποιησθε ℵA [13\%] ¦ ποιεισθε [6.6\%] ¦ ποιησεσθε [0.4\%]}}} ταῦτα γὰρ ποιοῦντες οὐ μὴ πταίσητέ ποτε.

\VS{11}Οὕτως γὰρ πλουσίως ἐπιχορηγηθήσεται ὑμῖν ἡ εἴσοδος\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{εισοδος
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 η 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [25\%]}}} εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{αιωνιον
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B [98\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ αιωνιαν C [2\%] CP}}} βασιλείαν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ Σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{ημων και σωτηρος ιησου χριστου
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB,C [85\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 23145 A [7\%] ¦ 145 [8\%] CP ¦ one other reading}}}


\par }{\SH Peter’s death imminent
\par }
{\PP \VS{12}Διὸ οὐκ ἀμελήσω\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:12 }{\FT{ουκ αμελησω
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (95.8\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ου μελλησω (𝕻{\SUP{72}}) (1\%) ¦ μελλησω ℵA,B,C (2.8\%) NU ¦ two other readings (0.4\%) (Since Peter goes on to predict his imminent death, the majority reading seems to be at odds with that prediction, so the early uncials took evasive action.)}}} ἀεὶ ὑμᾶς ὑπομιμνήσκειν περὶ τούτων,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:12 }{\FT{αει υμας υπομιμνησκειν περι τουτων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C [90\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ~ 21345 A [3\%] TR ¦ ~ 32145 [3.2\%] ¦ ~ 14532 ℵ [alone] ¦ ~ 13245 [1.4\%] ¦ 2345 [1.4\%] ¦ two other readings [0.8\%]}}} καίπερ εἰδότας καὶ ἐστηριγμένους ἐν τῇ παρούσῃ ἀληθείᾳ.

\VS{13}Δίκαιον δὲ ἡγοῦμαι, ἐφ᾿ ὅσον\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{εφ᾿ ὁσον
{\IT{rell}} ¦ εφόσον
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (I include this for the record, and so as not to lose sight of it. But since there is evidently no difference in meaning, I stay with the conventional pointing.)}}} εἰμὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σκηνώματι, διεγείρειν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὑπομνήσει,

\VS{14}εἰδὼς ὅτι ταχινή ἐστιν ἡ ἀπόθεσις τοῦ σκηνώματός μου, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐδήλωσέν μοι.

\VS{15}Σπουδάσω δὲ καὶ ἑκάστοτε ἔχειν ὑμᾶς, μετὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ἔξοδον, τὴν τούτων μνήμην ποιεῖσθαι.


\par }{\SH The prophetic Word is trustworthy
\par }
{\PP \VS{16}Οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν· ἀλλ᾿ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος

\VS{17}—λαβὼν γὰρ παρὰ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης αὐτῷ τοιᾶσδε ὑπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπρεποῦς δόξης, «Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός μου, ὁ ἀγαπητός,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:17 }{\FT{ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA,C{\SUP{c}} (98.8\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 3456712 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B (alone) NU ¦ three other readings C (0.8\%)}}} εἰς ὃν ἐγὼ εὐδόκησα»\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:17 }{\FT{ευδοκησα
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ηυδοκησα A [12\%]}}}—

\VS{18}καὶ ταύτην τὴν φωνὴν ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐνεχθεῖσαν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:18 }{\FT{ορει τω αγιω
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA (97.6\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 31 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C (2.4\%) NU}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Καὶ ἔχομεν βεβαιότερον τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον, ᾧ καλῶς ποιεῖτε προσέχοντες ὡς λύχνῳ φαίνοντι ἐν αὐχμηρῷ τόπῳ, ἕως οὗ ἡμέρα διαυγάσῃ καὶ φωσφόρος ἀνατείλῃ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν·

\VS{20}τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες, ὅτι πᾶσα προφητεία Γραφῆς ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως οὐ γίνεται·

\VS{21}οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη ποτὲ προφητεία,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:21 }{\FT{ποτε προφητεια
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA [84\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 B,C [15\%] NU ¦ ~ η 21 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [1\%] ¦ two other readings}}} ἀλλ᾿\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:21 }{\FT{αλλ
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,C [90\%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ αλλα 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB [10\%] CP,NU}}} ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν ἅγιοι Θεοῦ\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:21 }{\FT{αγιοι θεου
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ (84.8\%) RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ οι 12 (4.2\%) TR ¦ 1 του 2 A (2.6\%) ¦ απο 2 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B (5.6\%) NU ¦ ~ απο 21 C (1.2\%) ¦ 1 (0.8\%) ¦ 12 προφηται (0.8\%)}}} ἄνθρωποι.




\par }{\MS Watch out for false teachers!

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Their teachings are destructive
\par }
{\MM \VerseOne{1}Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας, καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς Δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι (ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν).

\VS{2}Καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν αὐτῶν ταῖς ἀσελγείαις,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{ασελγειαις
{\IT{rell}} ¦ απωλειαις TR}}} δι᾿ ἃς\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{ας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [20\%] ¦ ους 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [80\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The people, or the licentious conduct? Is it not really the bad conduct that sullies the reputation of the Way?)}}} ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ἀληθείας βλασφημηθήσεται.

\VS{3}Καὶ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται· οἷς τὸ κρῖμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάξει.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:3 }{\FT{νυσταξει
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [79\%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ νυσταζει 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [21\%] TR,NU}}}


\par }{\SH Their doom is sure
\par }
{\PP \VS{4}Εἰ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ σειραῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν τηρουμένους,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:4 }{\FT{τηρουμενους
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C [89\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ τετηρημενους [2\%] TR ¦ κολαζομενους τηρειν ℵA [8\%] ¦ four other readings [1\%]}}}

\VS{5}καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο ἀλλ᾿\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:5 }{\FT{αλλ
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [82\%] HF,TR ¦ αλλα 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [18\%] RP,OC,CP,NU}}} ὄγδοον Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα ἐφύλαξεν, κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας,

\VS{6}καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{καταστροφη
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA [97\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]{\IT{ECM}} ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C [3\%]}}} κατέκρινεν (ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{ασεβειν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA,C [92\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,{\IT{ECM}} ¦ ασεβεσιν 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B [4\%] [NU] ¦ — [3\%] ¦ three other readings [1\%]}}} τεθεικώς),

\VS{7}καὶ δίκαιον Λώτ, καταπονούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀθέσμων ἐν ἀσελγείᾳ ἀναστροφῆς, ἐρρύσατο

\VS{8}(βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος, ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν)

\VS{9}—οἶδεν Κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμῶν\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:9 }{\FT{πειρασμων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ [33\%] CP ¦ πειρασμου (𝕻{\SUP{72}})A,B,C [67\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ one other reading (I take the plural to be clearly superior in the context.)}}} ῥύεσθαι, ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζομένους τηρεῖν,

\VS{10}μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:10 }{\FT{επιθυμια
{\IT{rell}} ¦ επιθυμιαις (𝕻{\SUP{72}})ℵC [12\%]}}} μιασμοῦ πορευομένους, καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας.

\par }{\SH Their depravity is ‘unreal’
\par }
{\PP Τολμηταί, αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες,

\VS{11}ὅπου ἄγγελοι, ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες, οὐ φέρουσιν κατ᾿ αὐτῶν παρὰ Κυρίῳ\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:11 }{\FT{παρα κυριω
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵB,C [81\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,{\IT{ECM}} ¦ 1 κυριου 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [8\%] NU ¦ — A [11\%]}}} βλάσφημον κρίσιν.

\VS{12}Οὗτοι δέ, ὡς ἄλογα ζῷα, γεγενημένα φυσικὰ\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:12 }{\FT{γεγενημενα φυσικα
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ [26\%] CP ¦ ~ 21 [54\%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ γεγεννημενα 2 A,B,C [3\%] NU ¦ ~ 2 γεγεννημενα [12\%] ¦ 1 [4.2\%] ¦ 2 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [0.4\%] ¦ two other readings [0.4\%] (The majority variant, by putting the adjective next to the noun, seems to make a more natural construction, but I take it that φυσικα is acting like a noun in apposition to ζωα, and to help us see this Peter places it after the participle: render, “as unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct made to be caught and destroyed”.)}}} εἰς ἅλωσιν καὶ φθοράν, ἐν οἷς ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες, ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ αὐτῶν καταφθαρήσονται,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:12 }{\FT{καταφθαρησονται
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [95\%] RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ και φθαρησονται (𝕻{\SUP{72}})ℵA,B,C [4\%] NU ¦ — [1\%] ¦ και 1 HF}}}

\VS{13}κομιούμενοι\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:13 }{\FT{κομιουμενοι
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,C (97.6\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αδικουμενοι 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB (2\%) NU ¦ one other variant (0.4\%) (Is the Alexandrian variant not inferior?)}}} μισθὸν ἀδικίας. Ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφήν, σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι, ἐντρυφῶντες ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτῶν συνευωχούμενοι ὑμῖν,

\VS{14}ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:14 }{\FT{ακαταπαυστους
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ακαταπαυστου [15\%]}}} ἁμαρτίας, δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους· καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:14 }{\FT{πλεονεξιας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [95\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ πλεονεξιαις [2\%] TR ¦ πλεονεξιαν [2\%] ¦ πλεονεξια [1\%]}}} ἔχοντες, κατάρας τέκνα·

\VS{15}καταλιπόντες\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:15 }{\FT{καταλιποντες
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}C [90\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,{\IT{ECM}} ¦ καταλειποντες ℵA,B [9\%] CP,NU ¦ two other readings}}} εὐθεῖαν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:15 }{\FT{ευθειαν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [98\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ την 1 [2\%] TR}}} ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν·

\VS{16}ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας—ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσεν τὴν τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν.

\VS{17}Οὗτοί εἰσιν πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:17 }{\FT{ανυδροι
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (87\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C (13\%) NU}}} νεφέλαι\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:17 }{\FT{νεφελαι
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (87.4\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ομιχλαι 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C (11.4\%) NU ¦ conflation (1.2\%)}}} ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι, οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους εἰς αἰῶνας\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:17 }{\FT{εις αιωνας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (25.1\%) ¦ 1 αιωνα A,C (70.3\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 τον αιωνα (2.4\%) ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB (2.2\%) NU}}} τετήρηται.


\par }{\SH Their victims lose out
\par }
{\PP \VS{18}Ὑπέρογκα γὰρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκός, ἀσελγείας,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:18 }{\FT{ασελγειας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [40\%] ¦ ασελγειαις 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [60\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU}}} τοὺς ὄντως\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:18 }{\FT{οντως
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵC [93\%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ολιγως 𝕻{\SUP{72}}A,B [3\%] NU ¦ ολιγον [3\%] CP ¦ οντως ολιγον [1\%]}}} ἀποφυγόντας\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:18 }{\FT{αποφυγοντας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [93\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αποφευγοντας (𝕻{\SUP{72}})ℵA,B,C [7\%] NU}}} τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ἀναστρεφομένους,

\VS{19}ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς· ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ καὶ\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:19 }{\FT{και
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,C,048 [99.4\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB [0.6\%] NU}}} δεδούλωται.

\VS{20}Εἰ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:20 }{\FT{ει
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [94\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ οι [6\%] CP}}} γάρ, ἀποφυγόντες τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Σωτῆρος\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:20 }{\FT{και σωτηρος
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} B (75\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ημων 12 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,C,048 (14.6\%) [NU]{\IT{ECM}} ¦ 12 ημων (7.8\%) ¦ ημων (1.6\%) ¦ — (1\%)}}} Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τούτοις δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἡττῶνται, γέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.

\VS{21}Κρεῖττον\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:21 }{\FT{κρειττον
{\IT{rell}} ¦ κρεισσον ℵA [10\%]}}} γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐκ\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:21 }{\FT{επιστρεψαι εκ
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} (83.7\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις τα οπισω 12 (4.6\%) ¦ 1 εις τα οπισω 2 (1.4\%) ¦ υποστρεψαι 2 (𝕻{\SUP{72}})B,C (4.8\%) NU ¦ υποστρεψαι εις τα οπισω 2 (1\%) ¦ 2 (0.4\%) ¦ εις τα οπισω ανακαμψαι απο ℵA,048 (4.2\%)}}} τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.

\VS{22}Συμβέβηκεν δὲ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:22 }{\FT{δε
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} C [96\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,048{\SUP{v}} [3\%] NU ¦ γαρ [1\%]}}} αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας· κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:22 }{\FT{εξεραμα
{\IT{rell}} ¦ εξερασμα [13\%] ¦ εμετον [7\%]}}} καὶ ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κύλισμα\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:22 }{\FT{κυλισμα
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA,048 [95\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κυλισμον 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C [5\%] NU}}} βορβόρου.




\par }{\MS So take the Truth seriously!!

\par }\Chap{3}{\MM \VerseOne{1}Ταύτην ἤδη, ἀγαπητοί, δευτέραν ὑμῖν γράφω ἐπιστολήν (ἐν αἷς διεγείρω ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν εἱλικρινῆ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:1 }{\FT{εἱλικρινη
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [20\%] ¦ εἰλικρινη
{\IT{rell}}}}} διάνοιαν),

\VS{2}μνησθῆναι τῶν προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ὑμῶν\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:2 }{\FT{υμων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [70\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ημων [28.8\%] TR ¦ — [1.2\%]}}} ἐντολῆς τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Σωτῆρος.


\par }{\SH Scoffers will come
\par }
{\PP \VS{3}Τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες· ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτου\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:3 }{\FT{εσχατου
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [87\%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ εσχατων 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,048{\SUP{v}} [13\%] OC,NU ¦ εσχατω C}}} τῶν ἡμερῶν\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:3 }{\FT{ημερων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [88\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν εμπαιγμονη ℵA,B,048{\SUP{v}} [5.6\%] NU ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνη (𝕻{\SUP{72}})C [5\%] ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνης [1.2\%] ¦ one other reading [0.2\%]}}} ἐμπαῖκται, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:3 }{\FT{επιθυμιας αυτων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} B,C(048) [79\%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ~ 21 ℵA [20\%] TR ¦ 1 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [1\%] ¦ one other reading}}} πορευόμενοι

\VS{4}καὶ λέγοντες· «Ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ;» Ἀφ᾿ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν πάντα οὕτως διαμένει ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως.

\VS{5}Λανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο θέλοντας, ὅτι οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν ἔκπαλαι καὶ γῆ (ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ δι᾿ ὕδατος) συνεστῶτα\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:5 }{\FT{συνεστωτα
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ [23\%] ¦ συνεστωσα 𝕻{\SUP{72}}A,C(048) [76\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ συνεστωσαι [1\%] ¦ συνεστωσης B (The nominative plural neuter perfect active participle works with ησαν as a periphrastic construction whose subject includes both ‘heavens’ [m] and ‘earth’ [f]. Peter’s syntax is almost as convoluted as Paul’s, at times.
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [K{\SUP{r}}] is early and independent of K{\SUP{x}}.)}}} τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγῳ,

\VS{6}δι᾿ ὧν\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:6 }{\FT{ων
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C,048 [97\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ον [2\%]
{\IT{ECM}} ¦ ο [1\%]}}} ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο.


\par }{\SH This world will be destroyed
\par }
{\PP \VS{7}Οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοί, καὶ ἡ γῆ, τῷ αὐτοῦ\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{τω αυτου
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵC [90\%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 αυτω 𝕻{\SUP{72}}A,B [9\%] NU ¦ 2 TR ¦ two other variants}}} λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρί, τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων.


\par }{\SHB The Lord is longsuffering
\par }
{\PP \VS{8}Ἓν δὲ τοῦτο\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:8 }{\FT{τουτο
{\IT{rell}} ¦ τουτω 𝕻{\SUP{72}} [22\%]}}} μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη, καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:8 }{\FT{ημερα μια
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C [98\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 21 [2\%] CP}}}

\VS{9}Οὐ βραδύνει ὁ
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:9 }{\FT{ο
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [81\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,C,048 [19\%] NU}}} Κύριος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ὥς τινες βραδυτῆτα ἡγοῦνται, ἀλλὰ μακροθυμεῖ εἰς ἡμᾶς,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:9 }{\FT{εις ημας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [80\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 υμας 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C,048{\SUP{v}} [13\%] NU ¦ δι υμας ℵA [4\%] ¦ δι 2 [2\%] ¦ εφ υμας [1\%] (Some copyists assimilated to the 2{\SUP{nd}} person in verse 8, but here in verse 9 Peter is making a general statement that is properly inclusive.)}}} μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρῆσαι.


\par }{\SHB Hasten the day of God
\par }
{\PP \VS{10}Ἥξει δὲ ἡ
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{η
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA [82\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B,C,048 [18\%] NU}}} ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{εν νυκτι
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} C (88\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,048 (12\%) NU}}} ἐν ᾖ
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{η
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ,048 [67\%] OC ¦ 1 οι 𝕻{\SUP{72}}A,B,C [33\%] RP,HF,TR,CP,NU (Just as in verse 5 ‘heavens’ occurs without the article, so here.)}}} οὐρανοὶ\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{ουρανοι
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 μεν ℵ [11\%]}}} ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσονται\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{λυθησονται
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A [94\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λυθησεται 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB,C,048{\SUP{v}} [6\%] NU}}}—καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:10 }{\FT{κατακαησεται
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,048 (90.2\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατακαησονται (3.4\%) ¦ ευρεθησεται ℵB (3.2\%) NU [ευρεθησεται λουμενα 𝕻{\SUP{72}} (alone)] ¦ αφανισθησονται C (alone) ¦ — [part of a larger omission] (2.8\%) ¦ ουχ ευρεθησεται [0\%]
{\IT{ECM}} ({\IT{ECM}} follows essentially the Sahidic version.) (The reading of NU is inferior to the point of being almost nonsensical.)}}}

\VS{11}Τούτων οὖν\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:11 }{\FT{ουν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA,048 (87.6\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ουτως (𝕻{\SUP{72}})B (6.2\%) NU ¦ δε ουτως C (3\%) ¦ δε (2\%) ¦ 1 ουτως (1.2\%)}}} πάντων λυομένων, ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:11 }{\FT{υμας
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A,C,048{\SUP{v}} [90\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]{\IT{ECM}} ¦ ημας ℵ [8.6\%] ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}B [1\%] ¦ εαυτους [0.4\%]}}} ἐν ἁγίαις ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις,

\VS{12}προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι᾿ ἣν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:12 }{\FT{ην
{\IT{rell}} ¦ 1 οι [20\%]}}} οὐρανοί, πυρούμενοι, λυθήσονται, καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται;\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:12 }{\FT{τηκεται
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B,048{\SUP{v}} [91\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ τακησεται C [7\%] CP ¦ τακησονται [1.4\%] ¦ two other readings [0.6\%]}}}


\par }{\SHB A better world is coming
\par }
{\PP \VS{13}Καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινὴν\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:13 }{\FT{γην καινην
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ~ 21 ℵA,048 [17\%]}}} κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:13 }{\FT{επαγγελμα αυτου
{\IT{rell}} ¦ ~ 21 CP}}} προσδοκῶμεν, ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ.


\par }{\SH So be serious!
\par }
{\PP \VS{14}Διό, ἀγαπητοί, ταῦτα προσδοκῶντες, σπουδάσατε ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:14 }{\FT{αμωμητοι
{\IT{rell}} ¦ αμωμοι A [13\%]}}} αὐτῷ εὑρεθῆναι ἐν εἰρήνῃ·

\VS{15}καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν μακροθυμίαν σωτηρίαν ἡγεῖσθε—καθὼς καὶ ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἡμῶν ἀδελφὸς Παῦλος, κατὰ τὴν αὐτῷ δοθεῖσαν\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:15 }{\FT{αυτω δοθεισαν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [60\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 𝕻{\SUP{72}}(ℵ)A,B,C,048 [40\%] NU}}} σοφίαν, ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν,

\VS{16}ὡς καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:16 }{\FT{ταις
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵ (96.8\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,{\IT{ECM}} ¦ — 𝕻{\SUP{72}}A,B,C (3.2\%) NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton, 3 x -αις;
{\IT{ECM}} is certainly correct in abandoning NU here.)}}} ἐπιστολαῖς (λαλῶν ἐν αὐταῖς περὶ τούτων, ἐν οἷς\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:16 }{\FT{οις
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} C [83\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αις 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,B [17\%] NU}}} εἰσιν\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:16 }{\FT{εισιν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} A [33\%] ¦ εστιν 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵB,C [67\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ one other reading}}} δυσνόητά τινα), ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσιν,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:16 }{\FT{στρεβλουσιν
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} ℵA,B [95\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ στρεβλωσουσιν 𝕻{\SUP{72}}C{\SUP{v}} [5\%]
{\IT{ECM}}}}} ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς Γραφάς, πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν ἀπώλειαν.

\VS{17}Ὑμεῖς οὖν, ἀγαπητοί, προγινώσκοντες φυλάσσεσθε, ἵνα μή, τῇ τῶν ἀθέσμων πλάνῃ συναπαχθέντες, ἐκπέσητε τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ.

\VS{18}Αὐξάνητε\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:18 }{\FT{αυξανητε
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} [27\%] ¦ αυξανετε ℵA,B [60\%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αυξανεσθε 𝕻{\SUP{72}}C [5\%] ¦ αυξανησθε [3\%] ¦ αυξανοιτε [5\%] (Imperative or Subjunctive? I take it that Peter is offering a gentler alternative to falling from their steadfastness; render “rather, may you grow in grace …”)}}} δὲ ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ Σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

\par }{\PP Αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος. Ἀμήν.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:18 }{\FT{αμην
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} 𝕻{\SUP{72}}ℵA,C (97.4\%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B (2.6\%)
{\IT{ECM}}}}}{\SUP{,}}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:18 }{\FT{The citation of
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} is based on forty-three MSS—18, 35, 141, 149, 201, 204, 328, 386, 394, 432, 604, 664, 757, 824, 928, 986, 1072, 1075, 1100, 1248, 1249, 1503, 1548, 1637, 1725, 1732, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1855, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1892, 1897, 2221, 2352, 2431, 2466, 2554, 2587, 2626 and 2723—all of which I collated myself. 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 are very pure representatives of
{\BD{f}}{\SUP{35}} in 2 Peter, with not a single variant, and so for the exemplars of 18, 141, 824, 1072, 1075, 1503, 1865 and 1897. For 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 to have no variants after all the centuries of transmission is surely an eloquent demonstration of the faithfulness and accuracy of that transmission. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Constantinople, Bucharest, Aegean, Trikala, Athens, Meteora, Sparta, Ochrida, Mt. Athos [nine different monasteries], Grottaferrata, Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception.\par {\IT{ECM}} collated 127 continuous text manuscripts (MSS) for 2 Peter, apart from a few fragments, which number represents about 20\% of the extant (known) MSS. By a careful comparison of
{\IT{TuT}} and
{\IT{ECM}} I believe we can arrive at some reasonably close extrapolations. Thus I venture to predict, if complete collations ever become available, that for any non-Byzantine variants listed with 5 to 1\% support (in my apparatus) the margin of error should not exceed ±1\%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with 10 to 6\% support the margin of error will hardly exceed ±2\%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the margin of error will rarely exceed ±10\%. However, I guarantee the witness of Family 35. Please see the last footnote for Matthew for further information.}}}


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