# 2 Peter 2

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 7 | 31.82%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 13 | 59.09%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 9.09%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 402 | 89.43%
NIV2011 changed words | 48 | 10.57%
NIV2011 removed words | 51 |
NIV2011 added words | 44 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
2:2 | tNIV | Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. | Many will follow their shameful ways depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. | Many will follow their shameful ways depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
2:3 | tNIV | In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. | In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. | In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
2:4 | tNIV | For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; | For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; | For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
2:7 | tNIV | and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men | and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives depraved conduct of the lawless men | and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives depraved conduct of the lawless men
2:9 | tNIV | if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. | if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. | if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
2:10 | NIV2011 | This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; | This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men they are not afraid to slander heap abuse on celestial beings; | This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men they are not afraid to slander heap abuse on celestial beings;
2:11 | tNIV | yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord. | yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against heap abuse on such beings in the presence of when bringing judgment on them from the Lord. | yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against heap abuse on such beings in the presence of when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.
2:12 | tNIV | But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish. | But these men people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts animals they too will perish. | But these men people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts animals they too will perish.
2:15 | tNIV | They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. | They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. | They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.
2:16 | tNIV | But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—who spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. | But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey— a beast an animal without speech—who spoke with a man’s human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. | But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey— a beast an animal without speech—who spoke with a man’s human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
2:17 | tNIV | These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. | These men people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. | These men people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
2:18 | NIV2011 | For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. | For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. | For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.
2:19 | tNIV | They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. | They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave “people are slaves to whatever has mastered him them.” | They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave “people are slaves to whatever has mastered him them.”
2:20 | tNIV | If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. | If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. | If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
2:22 | tNIV | Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” | Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back returns to her wallowing in the mud.” | Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back returns to her wallowing in the mud.”