KJV:
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
NASB:
But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed,
KJV:
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
NASB:
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
KJV:
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
NASB:
promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.
KJV:
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
NASB:
This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
KJV:
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
NASB:
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,
KJV:
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
NASB:
For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
KJV:
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
NASB:
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.