1 Just as there have been false prophets in the midst of the people of Israel, so will there be false teachers among you. They will introduce harmful sects and, by denying the Master who saved them, they will bring upon themselves sudden perdition.
2 Many, nonetheless, will imitate their vices and because of them the Way of Truth will be discredited.
3 They will take advantage of you with deceitful words for the sake of money. But their condemnation has already begun and their destruction awaits them.
4 In fact, God did not pardon the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, confining them in the dark pits, keeping them there until the Day of Judgment.
5 Neither did he pardon the ancient world when he unleashed the waters of the flood upon the world of wicked people, but protected only Noah, the eighth prophet of righteousness.
6 God also condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes, to serve as a warning to the wicked in the future.
7 But he saved Lot, a good man deeply afflicted by the unbridled conduct of those vicious people.
8 For Lot, a righteous man who lived in their midst, suffered day after day in the goodness of his heart as he saw and heard of their crimes.
9 So, then, the Lord knows how to free from trial those who serve him and keep the wicked for punishment on the Day of Judgment.
10 He will do this especially for certain people who follow the baser desires of their nature and despise the Lord's majesty. Proud and daring they are not afraid of insulting fallen spirits
11 while the angels, who are superior to them in strength and power, do not permit themselves any injurious accusation in the presence of the Lord.
12 Those people are like irrational animals born to be caught and killed; after they have slandered what they cannot understand, they will end like animals
13 and they will suffer the repayment of their wickedness. They enjoy fleeting pleasures; they are obscene and vicious who delight in deceiving you when they share in your fraternal meals.
14 They cannot look at a woman without desiring her, they do not tire of sinning and seducing weak souls. They are full of greed - an accursed people.
15 They abandoned the right way and followed Balaam, son of Beor who was attached to what he gained from his wrongdoing.
16 But he was rebuked for his sin: his she-ass began to speak with a human voice, stopping the prophet in his madness.
17 These people are like waterless springs, clouds driven by a storm which move swiftly into the blackest darkness.
18 With their boastful and empty discourses, they encourage the lust and impure desire of those who have just freed themselves from the common errors.
19 They promise freedom when they themselves are slaves of corruption: for people are slaves to whatever dominates them.
20 Indeed, after being freed from worldly vices through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they returned to those vices and surrendered to them; and their present state has become worse than the first.
21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of holiness than, knowing it, to turn away from the sacred doctrine that they had been taught.
22 In their case these proverbs are relevant: "The dog turns back to its own vomit," and: "Hardly has the pig been washed than it again wallows in the mud."
Versículos relacionados com 2 Peter, 2:
Chapter 2 of 2 Peter deals mainly from false prophets and masters that would arise among the Christian people, bringing heresies and promoting liberation. They would deny God's sovereignty and redemption in Jesus Christ, leading many to follow their pernicious practices. Below are five verses related to these themes, excluding the verses of 2 St. Peter 2:
Matthew 7:15: "Beware of the false prophets, who are presented to you in disguise in sheep, but inside they are stole wolves." Jesus Christ warned his disciples about the presence of false prophets, who would present themselves as spiritual leaders, but who would actually seek to divert people from the truth.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15: "For such false apostles are fraudulent workers, becoming the apostles of Christ. And it is not to admire, because Satan himself becomes an angel of light. their own ministers become ministers of justice; and their end will be according to their works. " The apostle Paul also warned of the presence of false apostles, who pretended to be sent by Christ, but were actually deceators who sought to deceive God's people.
1 John 4:1: "Beloved, do not believe in every Spirit, but prove if the spirits come from God, for many false prophets have come out around the world." The apostle John also instructed Christians to carefully examine the teachings they heard in order to verify whether they came from God or false prophets.
1 Timothy 4:1: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in recent times some will apostatize the faith because they obey deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons." The apostle Paul again warned of the presence of false teachings that would be promoted by people who did not follow God, but to deceiving spirits and demonic teachings.
Judas 1:4: For certain men, whose condemnation had been sentenced for a long time, have infiltrated themselves among you. These are wicked, who transform the grace of our God into liberation and deny Jesus Christ, our only sovereign and Sir." Judas's book also talks about the presence of false masters who denied the truth about Jesus Christ and promoted libertine practices.
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