![]() ![]() ![]() ( AE)Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, ( AF)they have gone astray. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, ( AC)insatiable for sin. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while ( AB)they feast with you. They count it pleasure ( AA)to revel in the daytime. 12 ( X)But these, like irrational animals, ( Y)creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, 13 suffering wrong as ( Z)the wage for their wrongdoing. ( H)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.Ĥ For if God did not spare ( I)angels when they sinned, but ( J)cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness ( K)to be kept until the judgment 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but ( L)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought ( M)a flood upon the world of the ungodly 6 if by ( N)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, ( O)making them an example of ( P)what is going to happen to the ungodly 7 and ( Q)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ( R)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard) 9 then ( S)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially ( T)those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and ( U)despise authority.īold and willful, they do not tremble ( V)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 ( W)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 3 And ( F)in their greed they will exploit you ( G)with false words. ![]() 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ( E)will be blasphemed. Verses 2 through 6 give details related to the difference between true and false teachers.2 But ( A)false prophets also arose among the people, ( B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will ( C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ( D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ![]() Therefore, it is important to have a way to test which teachers and leaders are from God. If this was a problem when John wrote his letter many centuries ago, it's even more of an issue today. Believers will face false prophets, because there are quite a few in the world. The reason for John's warning is given next. There is no such thing as a "friendly ghost," as pop culture often suggests. In reality, truth only comes from the Holy Spirit, everything else comes from evil. Rather, this is a reference to the attitude and approach of a particular teacher. The use of the term "spirit," in this case, is not a reference to ghosts, demons, or other creatures. Verses 2 through 6 address how we are to test, in order to determine whether the spirits are from God. It also explains why: the presence of false teachers. Verse 1 explains what we are to do: test. The first briefly instructs believers to examine spiritual claims, since not every teacher is loyal to the truth. ![]()
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