2 Peter 3:16

16asὡςalsoκαὶinἐνallπάσαιςταῖςlettersἐπιστολαῖςspeakingλαλῶνinἐνthemαὐταῖςconcerningπερὶthese thingsτούτων,amongἐνwhichαἷςareἐστινdifficult to be understoodδυσνόητάsome thingsτινα,whichἃtheοἱignorantἀμαθεῖςandκαὶunestablishedἀστήρικτοιdistortστρεβλοῦσινasὡςalsoκαὶtheτὰςotherλοιπὰςScripturesγραφὰςtoπρὸςtheτὴνownἰδίανof themαὐτῶνdestructionἀπώλειαν.

as also in all the letters, speaking in them concerning these things, in which some things are difficult to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable distort, as also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Vocab difficulty

39.2

Rare words

  • δυσνόητά

    δυσνόητος

    hard to understand.

  • ἀμαθεῖς

    ἀμαθής

    unlearned, ignorant.

  • ἀστήρικτοι

    ἀστήρικτος

    (lit: unpropped), unsteady, unstable, unsettled.

  • στρεβλοῦσιν

    στρεβλόω

    I twist, torture; met: I twist or pervert language.