2 Peter 1:16–2:3

16  For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17  For he received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight; 18  and this voice we heard uttered from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.

19  And we have the prophetic word made surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until the day dawn and the morning star arise in your hearts; 20  knowing this first, that the scope of no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation, 21  for prophecy was not ever uttered by the will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit.

Chapter 2

1  But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction; 2  and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.

3  And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.