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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.