King James Version
2 Peter 2:19 in the King James Version says “While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the s...” — study this verse from 2 Peter chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”
2 Peter 2:19 · KJV
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome , the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“While they promise”
G1861to announce upon (reflexively), i.e., (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the servants”
G1401a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
“are”
G5225to begin under (quietly), i.e., come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, particip
“of corruption”
G5356decay, i.e., ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, literally or figuratively)
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“is overcome”
G2274to make worse, i.e., vanquish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to rate lower
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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