2 Peter 2:1
False prophets came to the people, and false teachers will also come to you. They will secretly bring with them destructive heresies, and they will deny the master who bought them. They are bringing quick destruction upon themselves.
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2Many will follow their sensuality, and through them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and if he gives you a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 18:19Now then, send word and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.”
Nehemiah 6:12I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he had prophesied against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand. 1 They are all silent dogs who cannot bark. 1 They dream, and lying down they love to sleep. 1
Jeremiah 23:16Yahweh of hosts says this, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. 1 They have deluded you! They are announcing visions from their own minds, not from Yahweh's mouth. 1
Jeremiah 27:14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you and say, 'Do not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying lies to you.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:1
The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter exhorted them to proceed and advance in the Christian race, now comes to remove, as much as in him lay, what he could not but apprehend would hinder their complying with his exhortation. He therefore gives them fair warning of false teachers, by whom they might be in danger of being seduced. To prevent this, I. He describes these seducers as impious in themselves, and very pernicious to others, ver. 1-3 . II. He assures them of the punishment that shall be inflicted on… Read the whole commentary →