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2 Peter 2:1-11 Inductive Bible Study Notes, Cross References, Outline, and Discussion Questions

2 Pe 2:1-11

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introducedestructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter;

7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

8(for by what he saw and heard that  righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

10 and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

11 whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord.

 

Key Words

·        Judgment                4

·        Righteous               4

·        Destructive              4

·        False                        3

·        Angel                       3

·        Day                           3

·        Spare                       2

·        World                       2

·        Ungodly                   2

·        Bring                        2

·        Secret                      1

·        Heresies                  1

·        Greed                       1

·        Exploit                      1

 

Titles

God’s Judgment on False Teachers

The Wicked Judged and the Righteous Spared

 

Outline

       I.            Heretical Teachers                                    1-3

A.     Their errors

B.     Their destruction

     II.           God’s Justice                                                4-10a

   III.           Reckless  Arrogance                                 10b-11

 

Cross References, Questions, Observations

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Mt 24:24

24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

 

2 Co 11:13-15

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

15 Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

 

1 Jn 4:1-3

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

 

Jude 12

12 These are the men who are hidden reefs  in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

 

2 Ti 4:3

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled , they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

 

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2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

Mt 24:10-13

10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 

11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 

12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. 

13 " But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

 

Mt 24:24

24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. 

 

Rv 12:9

9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

 

Rv 13:8

8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.

 

Rv 13:14

14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.

 

Isa 35:8

8 A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it. 

 

Mt 7:14

14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. 

 

Jn 14:6

6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 

 

Ac 19:9

9 But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

 

2 Pe 2:21

21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

 

1 Pe 2:12

12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them,  glorify God in the day of visitation.

 

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3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Jer 6:13

13 "For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

 

Mic 3:11

11 Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD saying, " Is not the LORD in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us."

 

1 Ti 3:3

3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

 

1 Pe 5:2

2 shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

 

2 Pe 2:14-15

14 having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

15 forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

 

Ps 66:3

3 Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

 

Ps 81:15

15 " Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

 

Lk 22:47-48

47 While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

 

1 Th 2:5

5 For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed —  God is witness —  

 

2 Co 2:17

17 For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

 

Dt 32:35

35' Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,  In due time their foot will slip;  For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.'

 

1 Pe 2:8

8 and, " A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE";  for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

 

2 Pe 2:1

2:1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

 

Jude 4

4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

 

Jude 6

6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

 

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4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

Rv 12:4

4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

 

Eze 5:11

11'So as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

 

Eze 7:4

4'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!'

 

Lk 10:18

18 And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 

 

Jn 8:44

44 " You are ofyour father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 

 

1 Jn 3:8

8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

 

Jude 6

6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

 

Isa 14:12

12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

 

Mt 25:41

41 "Then He will also say to those on His left, ' Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 

 

Rv 20:2-3

2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

 

Rv 20:10

10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

 

Jude 6

6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

 

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5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Ge 6:7

7 The LORD said, " I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

 

Ge 7:4

4 "For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made."

 

Ge 7:21-22

21 All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;

22 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

 

Ge 7:13-14

13 On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

14 they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds.

 

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6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter;

Ge 19:24-25

24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,

25 and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

 

Lk 17:28-29

28 " It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; 

29 but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

 

Nu 26:10

10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.

 

1 Co 10:11

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

 

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7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

Ge 19:16

16 But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city.

 

Ge 19:22

22 "Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

 

Ge 19:29

29 Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

 

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8(for by what he saw and heard that  righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

Pr 25:26

26 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

 

Jas 5:16

16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

 

Ps 119:139

139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

 

Ps 119:158

158 I behold the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not keep Your word.

 

Ps 119:136

136 My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

 

Eze 9:4

4 The LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst."

 

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9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Job 5:19

19 " From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you.

 

Ps 34:17

17 The righteous  cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

 

1 Co 10:13

13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

 

Da 6:20-22

20 When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?"

21 Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

22 "My God sent His angel and shut the lions ' mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime."

 

2 Ti 3:12

12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

 

Job 21:30

30 "For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.

 

Pr 16:4

4 The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

 

Jude 14-15

14 It was also about these men that  Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, " Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

 

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10 and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

Php 3:18-19

18 For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,

19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose  glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

 

Ro 8:4-5

4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

 

Ro 8:12-13

12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh — 

13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

 

Ro 1:24

24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

 

1 Co 6:9-10

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

 

10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

 

 

Eph 4:19

19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

 

Col 3:5

5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

 

Nu 16:12-14

12 Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, "We will not come up.

13 "Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?

14 "Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!"

 

Dt 21:20-21

20 "They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.'

21 " Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.

 

2 Sa 20:1

1 Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said, " We have no portion in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;  Every man to his tents, O Israel!"

 

1 Ki 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;  To your tents, O Israel! Now look after your own house, David!" So Israel departed to their tents.

 

Ps 2:2-4

2 The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

3 "Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!"

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.

 

Lk 19:14

14 "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' 

 

Ro 13:1-2

1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.

 

1 Pe 2:13-14

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.

 

Nu 15:30

30'But the person who does anything  defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

 

Jude 8

8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

 

Tit 1:7

7 For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

 

Ex 22:28

28 "You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

 

Ecc 10:20

20 Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.

 

Ac 23:5

5 And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.'"

 

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11 whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord.

Ps 103:20

20 Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!

 

Da 6:22

22 "My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime."

 

Ge 3:24

24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

 

Key Verse

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introducedestructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

 

Central Teaching

God will judge the wicked and destroy them, but spares His righteous ones.

 

Study on 2 Peter Chapter by Chapter

2 Peter 1:1-9 2 Peter 1:10-15 2 Peter 1:16-21 2 Peter 2:1-11
2 Peter 2:12-16 2 Peter 2:17-22 2 Peter 3:1-6 2 Peter 3:7-13
2 Peter 3:14-18



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