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2 Peter 3:17

New English Translation

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

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Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent.




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