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2 Peter · read by Paris Reidhead
22 verses, in order. Only the verses Paris read aloud are shown.
2 Peter 1
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For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Development of Character
2 Peter 2
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Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawlessRead from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy
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Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."Read from KJV · The Possibility of Apostasy