2 Peter 2:1

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But 1false prophets also arose among the people, 2just as there will be false teachers among you, who will 3secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master 4who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 2:1 In-Context

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Cross References 4

  • 1. Deuteronomy 13:1; See Matthew 7:15
  • 2. Acts 20:30; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 1 Timothy 4:1; [Matthew 24:11]
  • 3. Jude 4; [Matthew 10:33; Galatians 2:4]
  • 4. 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 3:13; Galatians 4:5; Revelation 5:9; [Exodus 15:16; 1 Peter 1:18; Revelation 14:3, 4]
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