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2 Peter 2

King James Version · 22 verses · 1,112 cross-references linking it to 411 other chapters

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  1. 1But 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.171 cross-references: Matthew 7:15, Jude 1:4, Deuteronomy 13:1–3, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Timothy 4:3
  2. 2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.44 cross-references: Romans 2:24, Jude 1:10, Titus 2:8, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 24:10–13
  3. 3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.113 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 2:17, Deuteronomy 32:35, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, Romans 16:18, Jude 1:15
  4. 4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;71 cross-references: Jude 1:6, Matthew 25:41, Romans 8:32, Revelation 20:1–3, Revelation 12:7–9
  5. 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;38 cross-references: Hebrews 11:7, 2 Peter 3:6, Jude 1:14–15, Luke 17:26–27, Genesis 7:1–24
  6. 6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;41 cross-references: Jude 1:7, Luke 17:28–30, Deuteronomy 29:23, Numbers 26:10, Genesis 19:24–25
  7. 7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:25 cross-references: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:29, Jeremiah 23:9, 2 Peter 3:17, 1 Corinthians 10:13
  8. 8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)15 cross-references: Psalms 119:158, Ezekiel 9:4, Psalms 119:136, Proverbs 25:26, Proverbs 28:12
  9. 9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:65 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalms 34:15–19, Revelation 3:10, Jude 1:14–15, 2 Timothy 3:12
  10. 10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.73 cross-references: Jude 1:16, Jude 1:10, Exodus 22:28, Jude 1:18, Romans 1:24–27
  11. 11Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.8 cross-references: Jude 1:9, Psalms 104:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Daniel 6:22, Psalms 103:20
  12. 12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;36 cross-references: Jude 1:10, Jeremiah 12:3, 2 Peter 2:19, Galatians 6:8, Psalms 92:6
  13. 13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;41 cross-references: Romans 13:13, Romans 2:8–9, Hebrews 2:2–3, Ephesians 5:27, 1 Peter 4:4
  14. 14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:82 cross-references: 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:18, Ephesians 2:3, Ephesians 4:14, Romans 16:18
  15. 15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;57 cross-references: Revelation 2:14, Jude 1:11, Deuteronomy 23:4–5, Numbers 31:16, Numbers 22:5–7
  16. 16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.14 cross-references: Numbers 22:21–33, Acts 26:11, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Hosea 9:7
  17. 17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.30 cross-references: Jude 1:12–13, Jeremiah 14:3, Ephesians 4:14, 2 Peter 2:4, Matthew 8:12
  18. 18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.87 cross-references: 2 Peter 2:20, Jude 1:15–16, 2 Peter 1:4, Romans 13:13, James 5:5
  19. 19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.34 cross-references: John 8:34, Romans 6:16–22, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 2:16, Galatians 5:1
  20. 20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.62 cross-references: Hebrews 10:26–27, Hebrews 6:4–8, Philippians 3:19, Luke 11:24–26, Deuteronomy 32:29
  21. 21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.32 cross-references: Ezekiel 18:24, James 4:17, Hebrews 6:4–6, Ezekiel 3:20, Luke 12:47
  22. 22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.13 cross-references: Proverbs 26:11

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