Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messageseduced by the hypocrisy of liars — men whose consciences have been branded as with a red-hot iron,
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gseduced through the hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have been seared as with a branding iron—
KJV
King James VersionSpeaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
BSB
Berean Standard Bibleinfluenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
Footnotes
The Greek κεκαυτηριασμένων (kekautēriasmenōn) is a perfect passive participle of kautēriazō — to brand or sear with a hot iron — a medical and penal term. The conscience has not merely been silenced but permanently disfigured, like livestock branded beyond feeling. The perfect tense indicates a completed state: these men are not drifting; they are already morally scarred.
