2:1 But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. 1 These false teachers 2 will 3 infiltrate your midst 4 with destructive heresies, 5 even to the point of 6 denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring 7 swift destruction on themselves. 2:2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. 8 Because of these false teachers, 9 the way of truth will be slandered. 10 2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their 11 condemnation pronounced long ago 12 is not sitting idly by; 13 their 14 destruction is not asleep.
2:17 These men 21 are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness 22 have been reserved. 2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words 23 they are able to entice, 24 with fleshly desires and with debauchery, 25 people 26 who have just escaped 27 from those who reside in error. 28 2:19 Although these false teachers promise 29 such people 30 freedom, they themselves are enslaved to 31 immorality. 32 For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved. 33