Sentences with phrase «upon false teachers»

Not exact matches

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.

Of believers / the godly / the just to whom he is writing, he uses the pronoun «you» (v. 1,3,13) But of the ungodly / the wicked / those who are reserved by God for judgment / the ungodly / etc the writer always designates such by the pronouns «them», «these», «their» and «they» (v. 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,2021,22) So your theory that the false teachers of verse 1 who bring upon themselves swift destruction / perdition are believers is entirely a fabrication divorced from the context!

2 Peter 2 But also [in those days] there arose false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among yourselves, who will subtly and stealthily introduce heretical doctrines (destructive heresies), even denying and disowning the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

When Peter writes in 2 Peter 2:5 that the flood was brought upon the people at the time of Noah, Peter uses the exact same word he uses in 2:1 to write about how the false teachers brought destruction upon themselves (Gk., epagō, «to bring upon»).

Just as Peter wrote in 2 Peter 2:1, the actions of the false teachers are bringing this destruction upon themselves.

After talking about how the false teachers are bringing destruction upon themselves, Peter is going to give several examples from biblical history about other groups of people who were destroyed.

1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.