2 Peter 3:17 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Let me warn you therefore, beloved, that knowing these things beforehand, you should be on your guard, lest you be carried away by the error of lawless and wicked [persons and] fall from your own [present] firm condition [your own steadfastness of mind].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Therefore, dear friends, since you have been warned in advance, be on guard so that you aren’t led off course into the error of sinful people, and lose your own safe position.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But since you, brothers, know these things beforehand, be cautious, lest by being drawn into the error of the foolish, you may fall away from your own steadfastness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.

2 Peter 3:17 Cross References

Matthew 16:11

How is it you do not perceive that I did not speak to you about bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?"

Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said to them, "Look out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."

Matthew 7:15

"But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

John 16:4

But these things I have spoken to you, so that when the time comes, you may remember them, that I told you. But these things I did not say to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Acts 2:42

And they were continuing in the teaching of the apostles, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Romans 16:18

For such [people] do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and through smooth speech and flattering, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So then, let him who thinks he stands take heed, lest he should fall!

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear, lest perhaps as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Galatians 5:4

You have become estranged from Christ, you who are justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

Ephesians 4:14

that we may no longer be infants, being tossed as by waves, and being carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in regard to deceitful scheming,

Philippians 3:2

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the [false] circumcision!

Colossians 2:5

For though indeed I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your orderliness and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

2 Timothy 4:15

whom you also should guard against, for he has greatly resisted our words.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm until the end,

1 Peter 5:9

Resist him, being steadfast in [your] faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

2 Peter 2:7

and He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the indecent conduct of lawless [men]

2 Peter 3:1

This already, beloved, [is] the second letter I write to you, in [both of] which I stir up your pure mind by a reminder,

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; but if not, I am coming to you quickly and I will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.