19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

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19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B)

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10 Because you have kept [a]My command to persevere, (A)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon (B)the whole world, to test those who dwell (C)on the earth.

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  1. Revelation 3:10 Lit. the word of My patience

10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(A) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(B) to test(C) the inhabitants of the earth.(D)

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(A)“I know your works. See, I have set before you (B)an open door, [a]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

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  1. Revelation 3:8 NU, M which no one can shut

I know your deeds.(A) See, I have placed before you an open door(B) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(C)

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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Those who want to get rich(A) fall into temptation and a trap(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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holding the [a]mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:9 hidden truth

They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.(A)

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Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:3 M will not

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted (A)the heavenly gift, and (B)have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, [a]if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, (C)since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

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  1. Hebrews 6:6 Or and have fallen away

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened,(A) who have tasted the heavenly gift,(B) who have shared in the Holy Spirit,(C) who have tasted the goodness(D) of the word of God(E) and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen[a] away, to be brought back to repentance.(F) To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God(G) all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

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  1. Hebrews 6:6 Or age, if they fall

holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

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He must hold firmly(A) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine(B) and refute those who oppose it.

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21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.

Grace be with you. Amen.

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21 which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.(A)

Grace be with you all.(B)

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Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)

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10 (A)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (B)of Cain, (C)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (D)in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are [a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 (E)raging waves of the sea, (F)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars (G)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

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  1. Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
  2. Jude 1:12 NU, M along

10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(A)

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(B) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(C) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(D)

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(E) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(F) They are clouds without rain,(G) blown along by the wind;(H) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(I)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(J) foaming up their shame;(K) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(L)

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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Depravity of False Teachers

12 But these, (A)like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13 (B)and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure (C)to [a]carouse in the daytime. (D)They are spots and blemishes, [b]carousing in their own deceptions while (E)they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of [c]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. (F)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of (G)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

17 (H)These are wells without water, [d]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness [e]forever.

Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [f]have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [g]corruption; (I)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [h]bondage. 20 For if, after they (J)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (K)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For (L)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (M)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 revel
  2. 2 Peter 2:13 reveling
  3. 2 Peter 2:14 Lit. an adulteress
  4. 2 Peter 2:17 NU and mists
  5. 2 Peter 2:17 NU omits forever
  6. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
  7. 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
  8. 2 Peter 2:19 slavery

12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(A)

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(B) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[a](C) 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(D) the unstable;(E) they are experts in greed(F)—an accursed brood!(G) 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(H) son of Bezer,[b] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(I)

17 These people are springs without water(J) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(K) 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(L) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(M) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(N) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(O) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(P) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(Q) 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 their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(R) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[c](S) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts
  2. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor
  3. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11