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10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust, and who despise authority.

Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[a] 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring against them a slanderous judgement from the Lord.[b] 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and when those creatures are destroyed,[c] they also will be destroyed,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:10 Or angels; Gk glories
  2. 2 Peter 2:11 Other ancient authorities read before the Lord; others lack the phrase
  3. 2 Peter 2:12 Gk in their destruction

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