2 Peter 2:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Matthew 7:15

‘Be on your guard against false prophets   who come to you in sheep’s   clothing   but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

Jude 1:4

For some people, who were designated for this judgement long ago,  , have come in by stealth;  they are ungodly,  turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying  Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine,  but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets   will rise up and deceive many.

Galatians 2:4

This matter arose because some false brothers  had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.

1 Corinthians 11:19

Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions  among you, so that those who are approved may be recognised among you.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits  to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition,  based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.

Titus 3:10

Reject a divisive  person after a first and second warning.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory  is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.

1 Corinthians 6:20

for you were bought  at a price. So glorify God with your body.

Mark 13:22

For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders   to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased   people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Revelation 2:9

I know your   affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane  the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Colossians 2:18

Let no one condemn  you  by delighting in ascetic practices  and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated  by empty notions of his unspiritual  mind.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching,  by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray,   if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 10:33

But whoever denies me before others,   I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.

Revelation 13:14

It deceives those who live on the earth  because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast,  telling those who live on the earth to make an image  of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 2:13

I know   where you live #– #where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding on to my name and did not deny your faith in me,   , even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness   who was put to death among you, where Satan lives.

Jude 1:18

They told you, ‘In the end time  there will be scoffers  living according to their own ungodly desires.’

1 John 2:26

I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen  him, you love him;  though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice  with inexpressible and glorious joy,

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption  through his blood, the forgiveness  of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

Galatians 5:20

idolatry,  sorcery,  hatreds,  strife,  jealousy,  outbursts of anger,  selfish ambitions,  dissensions,  factions,

Galatians 4:17

They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them.

Romans 16:18

because such people do not serve our Lord Christ  but their own appetites.  , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

Luke 21:8

Then he said, ‘Watch out that you are not deceived.   For many will come in my name,   saying, “I am he,”   and, “The time is near.” Don’t follow them.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets.

Matthew 24:5

For many will come in my name, saying, “I am the Messiah,” and they will deceive many.

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’

Micah 3:5

This is what the  Lord  says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim  peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets saw visions for you that were empty and deceptive;  , they did not reveal your iniquity and so restore your fortunes. They saw pronouncements for you that were empty and misleading.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,  because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.   ,

1 Corinthians 7:23

You were bought  at a price; do not become slaves of people.

Micah 2:11

If a man comes and utters empty lies    – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’   – he would be just the preacher for this people!

Hosea 9:8

Ephraim’s watchman is with my God. Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap on all his pathways. Hostility is in the house of his God!

Jeremiah 37:19

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, “The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land”?

Isaiah 9:15

The head is the elder, the honoured one; the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men,  and asked them, ‘Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ’ They replied, ‘March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.’

Revelation 3:8

I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Luke 12:9

but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the  Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator?  , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

Exodus 15:16

terror  and dread will fall on them. They will be as still  as a stone because of your powerful arm until your people pass by, Lord, until the people whom you purchased  pass by.

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie to you in my name:  ‘I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide  for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith  and is worse than an unbeliever.

Revelation 6:10

They cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord,  the one who is holy and true,  how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?   ’