2 Peter 2:11
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
KJV
ὅπου ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες οὐ φέρουσιν κατ’ αὐτῶν παρὰ κυρίῳ βλάσφημον κρίσιν.
Greek NT
ubi angeli fortitudine, et virtute cum sint majores, non portant adversum se execrabile judicium.
Vulgate
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
ASV
Whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, bring not against themselves a railing judgment.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- αὐτῶν — SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort (margin)
- + παρὰ κυρίῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- + παρὰ κυρίου — Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Jude 1:9 — Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
- Jude 1:9 — Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.