2Pe 2:1-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Pet 2:1-3: 2:1-3 Alongside authentic prophets (1:20-21 ), there have always been false prophets who receive God’s judgment. 2:1 They will: Peter’s use of the future tense in 2:1-3 does not imply that false prophets had not yet come, but it alludes to Jesus’ prediction that false teachers would arise (Matt 24:11 , 24 ; Mark 13:22 ; cp. Acts 20:29-31 ; 2 Tim 3:1-6 ). The false teachers who had arisen fulfilled that prediction. • deny the Master who bought them: The false teachers might have been overtly renouncing Christ, but it is more likely that their immoral conduct constituted a denial of Christ (cp. Titus 1:16 ).

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‏ 2 Peter 2:1-3

Summary for 2Pet 2:1-3: 2:1-3 ^a Alongside authentic prophets (1:20-21 ^b), there have always been false prophets who receive God’s judgment. 2:1 ^c They will: Peter’s use of the future tense in 2:1-3 ^d does not imply that false prophets had not yet come, but it alludes to Jesus’ prediction that false teachers would arise (Matt 24:11 ^e, 24 ^f; Mark 13:22 ^g; cp. Acts 20:29-31 ^h; 2 Tim 3:1-6 ⁱ). The false teachers who had arisen fulfilled that prediction.

• deny the Master who bought them: The false teachers might have been overtly renouncing Christ, but it is more likely that their immoral conduct constituted a denial of Christ (cp. Titus 1:16 ^j).
2:2 ^k One of the saddest effects of false teaching is that the way of truth will be slandered by a watching world. By their immoral and greedy conduct, false teachers bring shame on Christ.