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2 Peter 2
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2 Peter 2 . 1
1 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.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:1TTAbsalom (The Rebellious Son)
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2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:2
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3 In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:3
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4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;IPGenesis 6:1-4C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:4TTNoah (Salvation Through Judgment) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)
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5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;IPGenesis 7:1C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:5TTNoah (Salvation Through Judgment)
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6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;IPGenesis 18:16-33C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:6
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7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawlessIPGenesis 18:16-33C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:7
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8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—IPGenesis 18:16-33C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:8
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9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:9
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10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:10
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11 Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:11
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12 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:12
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13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:13
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14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.C2 Peter 2:1-16TOSK2 Peter 2:14
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15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.IPNumbers 22-24C2 Peter 2:1-16 2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:15
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16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.C2 Peter 2:1-16 2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:16
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17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:17
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18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:18
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19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:19
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20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:20
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21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:21
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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”IPProverbs 26:11C2 Peter 2:15-22TOSK2 Peter 2:22