Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

King James Version

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Holman Bible

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

International Standard Version

Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

A Conservative Version

And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.

American Standard Version

And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

Amplified

Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

An Understandable Version

And many people will follow their unrestrained, indecent conduct, which will result in the true way [of God] being spoken against.

Anderson New Testament

and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;

Bible in Basic English

And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

Common New Testament

And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.

Daniel Mace New Testament

many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd.

Darby Translation

and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

And many will follow their lewd practices, on account of whom, they way of truth will be evil spoken of.

Godbey New Testament

And many will follow their impurities; through whom the way of truth will be slandered:

Goodspeed New Testament

Many people will follow their immoral ways, and they will cause the true way to be maligned.

John Wesley New Testament

And many will follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.

Julia Smith Translation

(And many shall follow their licentiousness; by whom the way of truth shall be defamed.)

King James 2000

And many shall follow their shameful ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.

Modern King James verseion

And many will follow their pernicious ways, and because of them the way of truth will be evil spoken of.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And many shall follow their damnable ways, by which the way of truth shall be evil spoken of;

Moffatt New Testament

and many will follow their immorality (thanks to them the true Way will be maligned);

Montgomery New Testament

Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned.

NET Bible

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

New Heart English Bible

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

Noyes New Testament

And many will follow their dissolute ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of;

Sawyer New Testament

and many shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled,

The Emphasized Bible

And, many, will follow out their wanton ways, - by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And many will go out of the way after their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be injuriously reviled.

Twentieth Century New Testament

There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the Way of the Truth to be maligned.

Webster

And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.

Weymouth New Testament

And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.

Williams New Testament

Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the true Way will be abused,

World English Bible

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

Worrell New Testament

and many will follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be defamed;

Worsley New Testament

And many will follow their pernicious tenets, on whose account the way of truth will be reproached:

Youngs Literal Translation

and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

ἐξακολουθέω 
Exakoloutheo 
Usage: 3


Usage: 0

ἀπώλεια 
Apoleia 
Usage: 18

by reason of
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

the way
ὁδός 
Hodos 
Usage: 75

of truth
ἀλήθεια 
Aletheia 
Usage: 87

Context Readings

The Rise And Fall Of The False Teachers

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who covertly shall bring in destructive sects and shall deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3 and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.


Cross References

Romans 2:24

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

Acts 16:17

she followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men are the slaves of the most high God, who announce unto us the way of deliverance.

Acts 24:14

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call a sect, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets,

2 Peter 2:15

who forsaking the right way have erred, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

Jude 1:10

But these speak evil of those things which they do not know; but what they know by nature as animals without reason, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have unfaithfully committed and of all the hard words which the unfaithful sinners have spoken against him.

Revelation 13:14

and deceives those that dwell on the earth by those signs which were given unto him to do in the presence of the beast, commanding those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast, which has the wound by the sword, and did live.

Psalm 18:21

Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked departing in apostasy from my God.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; and for those in it there shall be someone to go with them, in such a manner that the foolish shall not err therein.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus hath the LORD said, Stand ye in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way is and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Matthew 7:14

because narrow is the gate, and confined is the way which leads unto life, and there are few that find it.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent out unto him their disciples with those of Herod, saying, Master, we know that thou art a lover of truth and teachest the way of God with truth and that thou takest care for no man, for thou art no respecter of persons of men.

Matthew 24:10-13

And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

Matthew 24:24

For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in such a manner that they shall deceive, if possible, the very elect.

Mark 12:14

And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art a man of truth who regards no man; for thou dost not look upon the appearance of men, but dost with truth teach the way of God; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

Mark 13:22

for false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

John 14:6

Jesus said unto him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes unto the Father, but by me.

Acts 13:10

and said, O full of all deception and all licentiousness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Acts 14:2

But the disobedient Jews stirred up the Gentiles and corrupted their desire against the brethren.

Acts 18:26

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla had heard him, they took him unto them and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

Acts 19:9

But when some were hardened and disobedient, but cursing the way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

1 Timothy 5:14

I desire therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, govern the house, giving no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Titus 2:5

to be temperate, chaste, good housekeepers, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed.

Titus 2:8

sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that the adversary may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

1 Peter 2:12

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

2 Peter 2:21

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

1 John 2:18-19

Little children, it is the last hour, and as ye have heard that the antichrist comes, likewise there are also beginning to be many antichrists, by which we know that it is the last time.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, the serpent of old, who is called Devil and the Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, speaking evil of the things that they do not understand (as natural animals without reason, who are made to be taken and destroyed), shall utterly perish in their own corruption,

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship it, whose names are not written in the book of the life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.

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