2 Peter 3:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,” it wasn’t about bread? ’
Then Jesus told them, ‘Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’
‘Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you will remember that I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.
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.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
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.
Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
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.
For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.
Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
and if he rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the depraved behaviour of the immoral
Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere understanding by way of reminder,
Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.