2 Peter 2:1-3

False Prophets and Teachers

1But ^afalse prophets also arose among the people, ^bjust as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^csecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^dwho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^ewill be blasphemed. 3And ^fin their greed they will exploit you ^gwith false words. ^hTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

2 Peter 2:13-22

13suffering wrong as ⁱthe wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^jto revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, ▼

▼Some manuscripts love feasts

while ^lthey feast with you. 14They have eyes full of adultery, ^minsatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ⁿtrained in greed. ^oAccursed children! 15Forsaking the right way, ^pthey have gone astray. They have followed ^qthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^rgain from wrongdoing, 16but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^sa speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 ^tThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^uFor them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18For, ^vspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^wescaping from those who live in error. 19They promise them ^xfreedom, ^ybut they themselves are slaves ▼

▼Greek bondservants

of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20For if, ^aaafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^abthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^acthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21For ^adit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^aethe holy commandment delivered to them. 22What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^afdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

1 John 2:18-19

Warning Concerning Antichrists

18Children, ^agit is the last hour, and as you have heard that ^ahantichrist is coming, so now ^aimany antichrists have come. ^ajTherefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 ^akThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^alif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^amthat it might become plain that they all are not of us.

1 John 4:1-6

Test the Spirits

1Beloved, ^ando not believe every spirit, but ^aotest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ^apmany ^aqfalse prophets ^arhave gone out into the world. 2By this you know the Spirit of God: ^asevery spirit that confesses that ^atJesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit ^authat does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^avnow is in the world already. 4Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^awhe who is in you is greater than ^axhe who is in the world. 5 ^ayThey are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^azthe world listens to them. 6We are from God. ^baWhoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^bbthe Spirit of truth and ^bcthe spirit of error.

Jude 4-5

4For ^bdcertain people ^behave crept in unnoticed ^bfwho long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert ^bgthe grace of our God into sensuality and ^bhdeny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5Now I want ^bito remind you, although you once fully knew it, that ^bjJesus, who saved ▼

▼Some manuscripts  although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved

a people out of the land of Egypt, ^blafterward destroyed those who did not believe.

Revelation of John 3:1

To the Church in Sardis

1“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^bmwho has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^bnof being alive, ^bobut you are dead.

Revelation of John 3:15-17

15“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. ^bpWould that you were either cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 ^bqFor you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ^brblind, and naked.