# exploit you with deceptive words "convince you to give them money by telling you lies" # Their condemnation has been coming for a long time, and their destruction is not asleep "It was decided long ago that they would be condemned; they will surely be destroyed" or "God said long ago that he would condemn them; he is ready to destroy them". Possible meanings are 1) the false teachers will be condemned, and as a result they will be destroyed, or 2) the two phrases emphasize how soon or how certainly the false teachers will be condemned.