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2 Peter 2

2 Peter 2:1

Deliverance from False Prophets · 2 Peter 2:1–22
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Translations

Modern
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Traditional
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Literal
But there were also false prophets among the people, as also among you there will be false teachers who will stealthily introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master having bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Latin
Fuerunt vero et pseudoprophetæ in populo, sicut et in vobis erunt magistri mendaces, qui introducent sectas perditionis: et eum qui emit eos, Dominum negant, superducentes sibi celerem perditionem.

Original

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English
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Notes

2 Peter 2:1

  • They will: Peter uses the future tense in 2:1–3, but this does not mean that false prophets had not yet appeared. Instead, he is recalling the prophecy Jesus made that false teachers would arise (Matthew 24:11, 24; Mark 13:22; compare Acts 20:29–31; 2 Timothy 3:1–6). The false teachers already present in the church were the fulfillment of that prophecy.

  • denying the Master who bought them: The false teachers might have openly rejected Christ. But it is more likely that their bad behavior was a denial of Christ (compare Titus 1:16).

2 Peter 2:1–3

Along with the true prophets, there have always been false prophets, and God brings judgment on the (1:20–21).

Parallels

Jude 1:3–16

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) False Prophets Heresy Jude, Letter of Peter, Second Letter of Prophets, False

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