17 You therefore, beloved, qknowing this beforehand, rtake care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 13 She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does sMark, my son. Acts 20:30; 2 Cor. This is the New King James Version of the New Testament book of 2 Peter. So, the readers of both letters were probably the same people. Subscribe to a study package to unlock the ESV Study Bible, the interactive Knowing the Bible study series, the Preaching the Word commentary series, and more. 14 tGreet one another with the kiss of love. Last Week's Top Questions . 2:1 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. They have followed (AG)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (AH)gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (AI)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. Their condemnation from long ago is not … Amen. 10 If we say we have not sinned, wwe make him a liar, and xhis word is not in us. Confirm Your Calling and Election 21 For (AS)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (AT)the holy commandment delivered to them. 1. 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on fthe holy mountain. 2 Peter 2 English Standard Version << 2 Peter 1 | 2 Peter 2 | 2 Peter 3 >> False Prophets and Teachers. 18 For, wspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely xescaping from those who live in error. 4 For if God did not spare uangels when they sinned, but vcast them into hell1 and committed them to chains2 of gloomy darkness wto be kept until the judgment; 3 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. 2 Peter. 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth nwas formed out of water and through water oby the word of God, 23:4; Neh. They have hearts (AD)trained in greed. 13 suffering wrong as kthe wage for their wrongdoing. 2 Peter 3. They have followed rthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved sgain from wrongdoing, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed pwas deluged with water and qperished. Peterprobably wro… 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. To insist that the se… 2 But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith iwith virtue,5 and virtue jwith knowledge, 3 And rin their greed they will exploit you swith false words. 20:2, 3, 10] cast them into hell # 2:4 Greek Tartarus and committed them to chains # 2:4 Some manuscripts pits of gloomy darkness # Matt. 9 then ethe Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,4 and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, tTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. 4 For if God did not spare (I)angels when they sinned, but (J)cast them into hell[a] and committed them to chains[b] of gloomy darkness (K)to be kept until the judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but (L)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (M)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by (N)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (O)making them an example of (P)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[c] 7 and (Q)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (R)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then (S)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[d] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (T)those who indulge[e] in the lust of defiling passion and (U)despise authority. False Prophets and Teachers 1 But (a) false prophets also arose among the people, (b) just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (c) secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (d) who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 10 and especially fthose who indulge5 in the lust of defiling passion and gdespise authority. 22:5, 7; Deut. 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, dhe was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); To those who have obtained aa faith of equal standing with ours bby the righteousness of our cGod and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 dMay grace and peace be multiplied to you ein the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 9 u The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise v as some count slowness, but w is patient toward you, 1 x not wishing that any should perish, but … 20 For if, aafter they have escaped the defilements of the world bthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, cthe last state has become worse for them than the first. They entice unsteady souls. 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[g] (AC)insatiable for sin. 11:13; 1 Tim. (1) Introducing a letter from Peter, to believers. 2 Peter 2 English Standard Version False Prophets and Teachers 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. 15:16; 1 Pet. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 7 and cif he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 2 Peter - ESV. What does it mean that, "Open rebuke is better than secret love"? 14 They have eyes full of adultery,7 ninsatiable for sin. 10 And iafter you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, jwho has called you to his keternal glory in Christ, will himself lrestore, mconfirm, strengthen, and establish you. 12:17, 18; 1 Tim. 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