2 Peter 2:1

2 Peter 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But 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 sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

Context of 2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2Many will follow their indecent behavior, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

2 Peter 2:1 word by word

Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι, ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν·Read the interlinear

• falseψευδοπροφήτηςpseudoprophētēs · false prophetG5578
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• appearedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• justὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• falseψευδοδιδάσκαλοςpseudodidaskalos · false teacherG5572
• you, whoὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• secretlyπαρεισάγωpareisagō · to introduceG3919
• destructiveἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
• heresiesαἵρεσιςhairesis · sectG139
• denyingἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• Masterδεσπότηςdespotēs · masterG1203
• boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• them, bringingἐπάγωepagō · to bring uponG1863
• swiftταχινόςtachinos · quickG5031
• themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438

Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:1

• Deuteronomy 13:1“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
• 1 Kings 18:19Now then, send orders and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and four hundred prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
• 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead or should I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
• Nehemiah 6:12Then I realized that God certainly had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
• Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and esteemed man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.
• Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
• Jeremiah 14:13But I said, “Oh, Lord God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
• Jeremiah 23:16This is what the Lord of armies says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They tell a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 27:14So do not listen to the words of the prophets who talk to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you;
• Jeremiah 28:15Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
• Jeremiah 29:8For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst or your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of your dreams which you dream.
• Jeremiah 37:19And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
• Lamentations 2:14Your prophets have seen for you Worthless and deceptive visions; And they have not exposed your wrongdoing So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you worthless and misleading pronouncements.
• Ezekiel 13:3This is what the Lord God says: “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing!
• Hosea 9:8Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet; Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways, And there is only hostility in the house of his God.
• Micah 2:11If someone walking after wind and falsehood Had lied and said, ‘I will prophesy to you about wine and liquor,’ He would become a prophet to this people.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1But there were false prophets - There were not only holy men of God among the Jews, who prophesied by Divine inspiration, but there were also false prophets, whose prophecies were from their own imagination, and perverted many. As there shall be false teachers among you - At a very early period of the Christian Church many heresies sprung up; but the chief were those of the Ebionites, Cerinthians, Nicolaitans, Menandrians, and Gnostics, of whom many…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1But there were false prophets also among the people - In the previous chapter, 2 Peter 2:19-21, Peter had appealed to the prophecies as containing unanswerable proofs of the truth of the Christian religion. He says, however, that he did not mean to say that all who claimed to be prophets were true messengers of God. There were many who pretended to be such, who only led the people astray. It is unnecessary to say, that such men have abounded in all ages…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Believers are cautioned against false teachers, and the certainty of their punishment shown from examples. (1-9) An account of these seducers, as exceedingly wicked. (10-16) But as making high pretences to liberty and purity. (17-22) Verses 1-9 Though the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk therein. Let us take care we give no occasion to the enemy to blaspheme the holy name whereby we are called, or to speak evil of the way of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1They 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…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-222Pe 2:1-22. False Teachers to Arise: Them Bad Practices and Sure Destruction, from Which the Godly Shall Be Delivered, as Lot Was. 1. But--in contrast to the prophets "moved by the Holy Ghost" (2Pe 1:21). also--as well as the true prophets (2Pe 1:19-21). Paul had already testified the entrance of false prophets into the same churches. among the people--Israel: he is writing to believing Israelites primarily (see on 1Pe 1:1). Such a "false prophet" was…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 2:1

• Apostasy
• Doctrines
• Hypocrisy
• Infidelity
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• False Prophets
• Chain
• Damnable
• Heresy
• Perish
• Privily
• Railing
• Reserve
• Riot
• Sect

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings