2Pe 2:1-3, 1Jo 2:19, 26, 4:1 | ESV | STEP | But false prophets also arose among the people , just as there will be false teachers among you , who will secretly bring in destructive heresies , even denying the Master who bought them , bringing upon themselves swift destruction .

2 Peter 2:1-3

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But ^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. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^ewill be blasphemed. 3 And ^fin their greed they will exploit you ^gwith false words. ^hTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

1 John 2:19

19 ⁱThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^jif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^kthat it might become plain that they all are not of us.

1 John 2:26

26 I write these things to you about ^lthose who are trying to deceive you.

1 John 4:1

Test the Spirits

1 Beloved, ^mdo not believe every spirit, but ⁿtest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ^omany ^pfalse prophets ^qhave gone out into the world.