Parallel Verses

Daniel Mace New Testament

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

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.

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 As there were false prophets among the people of Israel, there will likewise be false doctors among you, who by introducing pernicious sects, and by renouncing the Lord, who bought them, will bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd. 3 By their artful discourses they will make you the tools of their avarice; but their condemnation has been a long time advancing, and their ruin is far from lingring.


Cross References

Romans 2:24

for (as it is written) the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles by your miscarriages.

Acts 16:17

as she followed Paul and the rest of us, she cried out, these men are the servants of the most high God, who show you the way to salvation.

Acts 24:14

I do indeed own, that I serve the God of our nation according to the discipline they call sect: and believe whatever is written in the law and in the prophets.

2 Peter 2:15

and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

Jude 1:10

As for these, they inveigh against what they do not understand: and abuse those natural instincts which regulate brute animals.

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious among them, of all the impious actions they have committed, and of all the injurious expressions, which impious sinners have utter'd against him."

Revelation 13:14

and he deceived the inhabitants of the earth, by the prodigys which he had power to effect by the influence of the beast, by telling the inhabitants of the earth, that he had made an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, but yet did revive.

Matthew 7:14

but the gate which leads to life is narrow, and the way is difficult, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 22:16

they dispatch'd therefore some of their disciples, together with the Herodians, who thus address'd themselves to him; master, we know that you are sincere, and faithfully teach the divine law without fear or flattery: for you have no regard to the outward quality of men.

Matthew 24:10-13

then shall many relapse, and shall pursue one another with mutual treachery and hatred.

Matthew 24:24

for there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall shew such astonishing miracles and prodigies, as to deceive, if that can do it, the very converts themselves.

Mark 12:14

when they were come, they said to him, master, we know that you are sincere, that you are not influenced by any one, for you have no regard to the person of men: but teach us the way of God according to truth. now should we pay tribute to Cesar, or no? shall we pay, or shall we not pay?

Mark 13:22

for false Christs, and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and prodigies, so as to seduce, if it were possible, even the very elect.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man can come to the father, but by me.

Acts 13:10

and said, "thou heap of imposture and mischief, offspring of the devil, and enemy to all justice, wilt thou not cease to pervers men from the right ways of the Lord?

Acts 14:2

but the disbelieving Jews practis'd upon the Gentiles, and inflam'd their minds against the brethren.

Acts 18:26

having talk'd with great freedom in the synagogue, Aquila and Priscilla, who had heard him, invited him home, and gave him a more distinct view of the gospel.

Acts 19:9

but some of them being such obdurate infidels as to inveigh against the institution before the populace, he retired, and taking the disciples with him, he instructed them daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

1 Timothy 5:14

I enjoin therefore the young women to marry, to detest abortion, to govern their families, and give our enemies no handle for reproach.

Titus 2:5

to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands,

Titus 2:8

gravity; let your doctrine be sound and inoffensive, that your opponents may be ashamed, and have nothing that is ill to say of us.

1 Peter 2:12

souls. Let your behaviour among the Gentiles be virtuous, that instead of inveighing against you as vicious, they may observe your honest behaviour,

2 Peter 2:21

for it had been better for them, not to have made any profession of the gospel, than after they have embraced it, to abandon the holy injunction, that was delivered to them.

1 John 2:18-19

Dear children, the last time is come: as ye have heard that antichrist was to come, accordingly many antichrists have already appeared; whereby we know that we are now in the last times.

Revelation 12:9

the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.

2 Peter 2:12

But as for these, they have no more reason than brute beasts that are naturally made for hunting, and slaughter: so these who calumniate what they do not understand, shall receive the reward of their iniquity by perishing in their own corruption.

Revelation 13:8

all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb, that was slain.

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