2 Peter 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Seeing

John 16:4

Beware

2 Timothy 4:15

Being

2 Corinthians 11:3

From

General references

Proverbs 16:29

Bible References

Seeing

Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you have.

It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

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

And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you may remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Beware

“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

Then Jesus told them, “Watch out and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.

Watch out for him yourself because he strongly opposed our words.

Being

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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

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

for 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.

But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.

From

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to the prayers.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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.

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.

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

General references

A violent man lures his neighbor,
leading him in a way that is not good.