¹⁶ They claim to know God,^(A) but they deny him by their works.^(B) They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.^(C)

The Judgment of False Teachers

2 There were indeed false prophets^(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers^(B) among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought^(C) them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

²² Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?^(A) This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.