13 suffering wrong as (A)the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to (B)revel in the (C)daytime. They are stains and blemishes, (D)reveling in their [a]deceptions as they (E)feast with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery [b]that never cease from sin, (F)enticing (G)unstable souls, having hearts trained in (H)greed, (I)accursed children; 15 abandoning (J)the right way, they have gone astray, having followed (K)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (L)the [c]reward of unrighteousness;

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 One early ms love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:14 Lit and unceasing from sin
  3. 2 Peter 2:15 Or wages

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(A) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[a](B) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(C) the unstable;(D) they are experts in greed(E)—an accursed brood!(F) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(G) son of Bezer,[b] who loved the wages of wickedness.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor