2 Peter 2:1

The Rise of False Prophets

1 But 1false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be 2false teachers 3among you, who will 4secretly introduce 5destructive heresies, even 6denying the 7Master who 8bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:1 In-Context

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;
3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment 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 pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Cross References 8

  • 1. Deuteronomy 13:1f; Jeremiah 6:13
  • 2. 2 Corinthians 11:13
  • 3. Matthew 7:15; 1 Timothy 4:1
  • 4. Galatians 2:4; Jude 4
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 11:19; Galatians 5:20
  • 6. Jude 4
  • 7. Revelation 6:10
  • 8. 1 Corinthians 6:20
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