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The Judgment of False Teachers

1 There were indeed false prophets  * 2:1 Dt 13:1–5; Mt 7:15 among the people, just as there will be false teachers  * 2:1 Ac 20:29; 2Co 11:13–15; Gl 2:4; 1Tm 4:1; 2Tm 4:3 among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought  * 2:1 1Co 6:20; 7:23 them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.  * 2:2 Rm 2:243 They will exploit  * 2:3 Jms 4:13 you in their greed  * 2:3 Eph 5:3 with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  * 2:3 Mt 12:41; 23:33; Rm 3:8 pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.