The Rise of False Prophets1 But afalse° prophets° also° arose° among° the people°, just° as there will also° be bfalse° teachers° camong° you, who° will dsecretly° introduce° edestructive° heresies°, even° fdenying° the gMaster° who hbought° them, bringing° swift° destruction° upon themselves°. 2 Many° will follow° their asensuality°, and because° of them bthe way° of the truth° will be cmaligned°; 3 and in [their] agreed° they will bexploit° you with cfalse° words°; dtheir judgment° from long° ago° is not idle°, and their destruction° is not asleep°. [1] aDt 13:1ff; Jr 6:13 b2Co 11:13 cMt 7:15; 1Ti 4:1 dGa 2:4; Jde 4 e1Co 11:19; Ga 5:20 fJde 4 gRv 6:10 h1Co 6:20
[2] aGn 19:5ff; 2P 2:7, 18; Jde 4 bAc 16:17; 22:4; 24:14 cRo 2:24 [3] a1Ti 6:5; 2P 2:14; Jde 16 b2Co 2:17; 1Th 2:5 cRo 16:18; 2P 1:16 dDt 32:35 4 ¶ For aif° God° did not spare° angels° when they sinned°, but cast° them into hell° and bcommitted° them to pits° of darkness°, reserved° for judgment°; 5 and did not spare° athe ancient° world°, but preserved° bNoah°, a Ipreacher° of righteousness°, with seven° others°, when He brought° a cflood° upon the world° of the ungodly°; 6 and [if] He acondemned° the cities° of Sodom° and Gomorrah° to destruction° by reducing° [them] to ashes°, having made° them an bexample° to those who would° clive° ungodly° [lives] thereafter°; 7 and [if] He arescued° righteous° Lot°, oppressed° by the bsensual° conduct° of cunprincipled° men° 8 (for by what° he saw° and heard° [that] arighteous° man°, while living° among° them, felt° [his] righteous° soul° tormented° day° after° day° by [their] lawless° deeds°), 9 a[then] the Lord° knows° how° to rescue° the godly° from Itemptation°, and to keep° the unrighteous° under punishment° for the bday° of judgment°, 10 and especially° those° who Iaindulge° the flesh° in [its] corrupt° desires° and bdespise° authority°. ¶ Daring°, cself-willed°, they do not tremble° when they brevile° angelic IImajesties°, 11 awhereas° angels° who are greater° in might° and power° do not bring° a reviling° judgment° against° them before° the Lord°. 12 But athese°, like° unreasoning° animals°, bborn° as creatures° of instinct° to be captured° and killed°, reviling° where°° they have° no° knowledge°, will in Ithe destruction° of those° creatures also° be destroyed°, 13 suffering wrong° as athe wages° of doing° wrong°. They count° it a pleasure° to brevel° in the cdaytime°. They are stains° and blemishes°, breveling° in their Ideceptions°, as they dcarouse° with you, 14 having° eyes° full° of adultery° that never° cease° from sin°, aenticing° bunstable° souls°, having° a heart° trained° in cgreed°, daccursed° children°; 15 forsaking° athe right° way°, they have gone° astray°, having followed° bthe way° of Balaam°, the [son] of Beor°, who° loved° cthe wages° of unrighteousness°; 16 but he received° a rebuke° for his own° transgression°, a[for] a mute° donkey°, speaking° with a voice° of a man°, restrained° the madness° of the prophet°. [4] aJde 6 bRv 20:1f
[5] IOr herald aEzk 26:20; 2P 3:6 bGn 6:8, 9; 1P 3:20 c2P 3:6 [6] aGn 19:24; Jde 7 bIs 1:9; Mt 10:15; 11:23; Ro 9:29; Jde 7 cJde 15 [7] aGn 19:16, 29 bGn 19:5ff; 2P 2:2, 18; Jde 4 c2P 3:17 [8] aHe 11:4 [9] ILit trial; or temptation a1Co 10:13; Rv 3:10 bMt 10:15; Jde 6 [10] ILit go after IILit glories a2P 3:3; Jde 16, 18 bEx 22:28; Jde 8 cTit 1:7 [11] aJde 9 [12] ILit their destruction also aJde 10 bJr 12:3; Col 2:22 [13] IOne early ms reads love feasts a2P 2:15 bRo 13:13 c1Th 5:7 d1Co 11:21; Jde 12 [14] a2P 2:18 bJm 1:8; 2P 3:16 c2P 2:3 dEp 2:3 [15] aAc 13:10 bNu 22:5, 7; Dt 23:4; Ne 13:2; Jde 11; Rv 2:14 c2P 2:13 [16] aNu 22:21, 23, 28, 30ff 17 ¶ These° are asprings° without° water° and mists° driven° by a storm°, bfor whom° the Iblack° darkness° has been reserved°. 18 For speaking° out aarrogant° [words] of bvanity° they centice° by fleshly° desires°, by dsensuality°, those° who barely° eescape° from the ones who live° in error°, 19 promising° them freedom° while they themselves° are slaves° of corruption°; for aby what° a man° is overcome°, by this° he is enslaved°. 20 For if°, after they have aescaped° the defilements° of the world° by bthe knowledge° of the cLord° and Savior° Jesus° Christ°, they are again° dentangled° in them and are overcome°, ethe last° state has become° worse° for them than the first°. 21 aFor it would be better° for them not to have known° the way° of righteousness°, than° having known° it, to turn° away° from bthe holy° commandment° chanded° on to them. 22 IIt has happened° to them according to the true° proverb°, “aA DOG° RETURNS° TO ITS OWN° VOMIT°,” and, “A sow°, after washing°, [returns] to wallowing° in the mire°.” [17] ILit blackness of darkness aJde 12 bJde 13
[18] aJde 16 bEp 4:17 c2P 2:14 d2P 2:2 e2P 1:4; 2:20 [19] aJn 8:34; Ro 6:16 [20] a2P 2:18 b2P 1:2 c2P 1:11; 3:18 d2Ti 2:4 eMt 12:45; Lk 11:26 [21] aEzk 18:24; He 6:4ff; 10:26f; Jm 4:17 bGa 6:2; 1Ti 6:14; 2P 3:2 cJde 3 [22] ILit The thing of the true proverb has happened to them aPv 26:11 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
He foretelleth them of false teachers, shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers:1 ¶ Butº there wereºª false prophetsº alsoº amongº the² people,º evenº asº there shall beºª false teachersº amongº you,º whoº privily shall bring inºª damnableº heresies,º evenº denyingºª the² Lordº that boughtºª them,º and bring¹ª upon² themselvesº swiftº destruction.º 2 Andº manyº shall followºª theirº pernicious ways;º by reason ofº whomº the² wayº of truthº shall be evil spoken of.ºª 3 Andº throughº covetousnessº shall they with feignedº wordsº make merchandiseºª of you:º whoseº judgmentº now of a long timeº lingerethºª not,º andº theirº damnationº slumberethºª not.º 4 Forº ifº Godº sparedºª notº the angelsº that sinned,ºª butº cast [them] down to hell,ºª and deliveredºª [them] into chainsº of darkness,º to be reservedºª untoº judgment;º 5 Andº sparedºª notº the oldº world,º butº savedºª Noahº the eighthº [person], a preacherº of righteousness,º bringing inºª the floodº upon the worldº of the ungodly;º 6 Andº turning¹ª the cities¹ of Sodom¹ and¹ Gomorrha¹ into ashesºª²²²² condemnedºª [them] with an overthrow,º makingºª [them] an ensampleº unto those that after shouldºª live ungodly;ºª [1] Dt 13:1; 32:6; 1K 18:19; 22:6; Ne 6:12; Is 9:15; 56:10; Jr 14:13; 23:16, 25; 27:14; 28:15; 29:8, 31; 37:19; Lm 2:14; Ezk 13:3; Ho 9:8; Mi 2:11; 3:5, 11; Zc 13:3; Mal 3:5; Mt 7:15; 10:33; 24:5, 11, 24; Mk 13:22; Lk 6:26; 12:9; 21:8; Ac 3:13; 20:28, 29; Ro 16:18; 1Co 6:20; 7:23; 11:19; 2Co 11:13; Ga 2:4; 3:13; 4:17; 5:20; Ep 1:7; 4:14; Php 3:19; Col 2:8, 18; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 2:12; 3:1; 4:3; Tit 1:11; 3:10; He 10:29; 1P 1:8; 2P 2:3; 1Jn 2:18, 26; 4:1; Jde 1:4, 18; Rv 2:9, 13; 3:8; 5:9; 13:14.
[2] Ps 18:21; Is 35:8; Jr 6:16; Mt 7:14; 22:16; 24:10, 24; Mk 12:14; 13:22; Jn 14:6; Ac 13:10; 14:2; 16:17; 18:26; 19:9; 24:14; Ro 2:24; 1Ti 5:14; Tit 2:5, 8; 1P 2:12; 2P 2:12, 15, 21; 1Jn 2:18; Jde 1:10, 15; Rv 12:9; 13:8, 14. [3] Dt 24:17; 32:35; Ps 18:44; 66:3; 81:15; Is 5:19; 30:13; 56:11; 60:22; Jr 6:13; 8:10; Ezk 13:19; Mi 3:11; Hab 3:3; Mal 1:10; Lk 18:8; 20:20; 22:47; Jn 2:16; Ro 16:18; 2Co 2:17; 12:17; 1Th 2:5; 5:3; 1Ti 3:3, 8; 6:5; Tit 1:7, 11; 1P 2:8; 5:2; 2P 1:16; 2:1, 9, 14; Jde 1:4, 7, 11, 15; Rv 18:11. [4] Dt 29:20; Jb 4:18; 21:30; Ps 78:50; Is 14:12; Ezk 5:11; 7:4, 9; Mt 8:29; 25:41; Mk 5:7; Lk 8:31; 10:18; Jn 8:44; Ro 8:32; 11:21; 2P 2:5, 9, 11; 1Jn 3:8; Jde 1:6, 13; Rv 12:7; 20:2, 10. [5] Gn 6:1; 7:1; Jb 22:15; Mt 24:37; Lk 17:26; He 11:7; 1P 3:19, 20; 2P 3:6; Jde 1:14. [6] Gn 19:24, 28; Nu 26:10; Dt 29:23; Is 13:19; Jr 50:40; Ezk 16:49; Ho 11:8; Am 4:11; Zp 2:9; Lk 17:28; 1Co 10:11; Jde 1:7. from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom:7 Andº deliveredºª justº Lot,º vexedºª withº the² filthy¹ conversationº²² of the² wicked:º 8 (Forº that righteous manº dwellingºª amongº them,º in seeingº andº hearing,º vexedºª [his] righteousº soulº from dayº toº dayº with [their] unlawfulº deeds;)º 9 The Lordº knowethºª how to deliverºª the godlyº out ofº temptations,º andº to reserveºª the unjustº untoº the dayº of judgmentº to be punished:ºª [7] Gn 13:13; 19:7, 16, 22, 29; Ps 120:5; Jr 9:1; 23:9; 1Co 10:13.
[8] Ps 119:136, 139, 158; Pv 25:26; 28:12; Ezk 9:4, 6; Mal 3:15; 1Ti 1:9; Jm 5:16. [9] Jb 5:19; 21:30; Ps 4:3; 12:1; 32:6; 34:15; Pv 16:4; Ro 2:5; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 5:10; 2Ti 3:12; Tit 2:14; 2P 2:4; 3:7; Jde 1:14. and more fully describeth the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers, whereby they may be the better known, and avoided.10 Butº chieflyº them that walkºª afterº the fleshº inº the lustº of uncleanness,º andº despiseºª government.º Presumptuousº [are they], selfwilled,º they are notº afraidºª to speak evilºª of dignities.º 11 Whereasº angels,º which areºª greater² in¹ powerº andº might,º bringºª notº railingº accusationº againstº themº beforeº the Lord.º 12 Butº these,º asº naturalº bruteº beasts,º madeºª to¹ be takenº² andº destroyed,¹² speak evilºª ofº the things thatº they understand not;ºª and shall utterly perishºª inº their own¹² corruption;º 13 And shall receiveºª the rewardº of unrighteousness,º [as] they that countºª it pleasureº to riotº inº the day time.º Spots¹² [they are] andº blemishes,º sporting themselvesºª withº their own¹² deceivingsº while they feastºª with you;º 14 Havingºª eyesº fullº of adultery,º andº that cannot cease² from¹ sin;º beguilingºª unstableº souls:º an heartº they haveºª exercisedºª with covetous practices;º cursedº children:º 15 Which have forsakenºª the² rightº way,º and are gone astray,ºª followingºª the² wayº of Balaamº [the son] of Bosor,º whoº lovedºª the wagesº of unrighteousness;º 16 Butº was¹ª rebukedº² for hisº iniquity:º the dumbº assº speakingºª withº man'sº voiceº forbadºª the² madnessº of the² prophet.º 17 Theseº areºª wellsº without water,º cloudsº that are carriedºª withº a tempest;º to whomº the² mistº of darknessº is reservedºª forº² ever.¹ 18 Forº when they speakºª great swellingº [words] of vanity,º they allureºª throughº the lustsº of the flesh,º [through much] wantonness,º those that were clean¹ escapedºª² from them who liveºª inº error.º 19 While they promiseºª themº liberty,º they² themselves¹ areºª the servantsº of corruption:º forº of whomº a manº is overcome,ºª¹ of the sameº is he² brought in bondage.ºª 20 Forº ifº after they have escapedºª the² pollutionsº of the² worldº throughº the knowledgeº of the² Lordº andº Saviourº Jesusº Christ,º they are¹ª² againº entangledºª therein,º and¹² overcome,º¹ªª the² latter endº is² worseº with themº than the² beginning.º 21 Forº it had beenºª betterº for themº notº to have knownºª the² wayº of righteousness,º than,º after they have knownºª [it], to turnºª fromº the² holyº commandmentº deliveredºª unto them.º 22 Butº it is happenedºª unto themº according² to¹ the² trueº proverb,º The dogº [is] turned¹ª to¹ his own¹ vomit¹ again;ºª²²² andº the sowº that was washedºª toº her wallowingº in the mire.º [10] Gn 49:6; Ex 22:28; Nu 15:30; 16:12; Dt 17:12; 21:20; 1S 10:27; 2S 20:1; 1K 12:16; Ps 2:1; 12:4; Ec 10:6, 20; Jr 2:31; Lk 19:14; Ac 23:5; Ro 1:24; 8:1, 4, 12; 13:1; 1Co 6:9; 2Co 10:3; Ep 4:19; 5:5; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:7; Tit 1:7; He 13:4; 1P 2:13; Jde 1:4, 6, 8, 10, 16.
[11] Ps 103:20; 104:4; Dn 6:22; 2Th 1:7; Jde 1:9. [12] Ps 49:10; 92:6; 94:8; Pv 14:32; Jr 4:22; 5:4; 10:8, 21; 12:3; Ezk 21:31; Jn 8:21; Ga 6:8; 2P 1:4; 2:19; Jde 1:10. [13] So 4:7; Is 3:11; Ro 2:8; 13:13; 1Co 11:20; Ep 5:27; Php 3:19; 1Th 5:7; 2Ti 4:14; He 2:2; 1P 4:4; Jde 1:12; Rv 18:6. [14] 2S 11:2; Jb 31:7, 9; Pv 6:25; Is 1:16; 34:5; 65:20; Jr 13:23; Mt 5:28; 12:34; 25:41; Mk 13:22; Jn 5:44; Ro 16:18; 1Co 11:19; Ep 2:3; 4:14; Col 2:18; Jm 1:8; 2P 2:3, 18; 3:16; 1Jn 2:16; Jde 1:11; Rv 12:9. [15] Nu 22:5, 18, 23, 28; 31:16; Dt 23:4; 1S 12:23; 1K 18:18; 19:10; Pv 28:4; Ezk 9:10; Ho 14:8; Mi 6:5; Ac 1:18; 13:10; Jde 1:11; Rv 2:14. [16] Nu 22:22; Ec 7:25; 9:3; Ho 9:7; Lk 16:11; Ac 26:11, 24. [17] Jb 6:14; Jr 14:3; Ho 6:4; Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; Ep 4:14; 2P 2:4; Jde 1:6, 12, 13. [18] Ps 52:1; 73:8; Dn 4:30; 11:36; Ac 2:40; 8:9; Ro 13:13; 2Th 2:4; Jm 5:5; 2P 1:4; 2:20; Jde 1:13, 15; Rv 13:5, 11. [19] Is 28:1; Jr 23:9; Jn 8:34; Ro 6:12, 16; Ga 5:1, 13; 2Ti 2:26; Tit 3:3; 1P 2:16; 2P 2:20. [20] Nu 24:20; Dt 32:29; Mt 12:43; Lk 11:24; Php 3:19; He 6:4; 10:26; 2P 1:2, 4; 2:18. [21] Ps 36:3; 125:5; Pv 12:28; 16:31; Ezk 3:20; 18:24; 23:13; Zp 1:6; Mt 11:23; 21:32; Lk 12:47; Jn 9:41; 15:22; Ro 7:12; 1Th 4:2. [22] Pv 26:11. ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.asp]. |
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