But ^athere were false prophets also among ^bthe people, even as ^cthere shall be false teachers among you, who ^dprivily shall bring in damnable ^eheresies, even ^fdenying ^gthe Lord ^hthat bought them, and ⁱbring upon themselves swift destruction. ²And many shall follow their ^||pernicious ways; by reason of whom ^jthe way of truth ^kshall be evil spoken of. ³And ^lthrough covetousness shall they ^mwith feigned words ⁿmake merchandise of you: ^owhose judgment now ^pof a long time lingereth not, and ⁱtheir damnation ^qslumbereth not.

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Footnotes

a Deut. 13:1. See Matt. 7:15.
cSo Matt. 24:11. Acts 20:30. See 2 Cor. 11:13. & 1 Tim. 4:1.
dSo Gal. 2:4. Jude 4.
eSee 1 Cor. 11:19. So Tit. 1:10.
fSee 1 Tim. 5:8.
g Jude 4. Rev. 6:10. See Luke 2:29.
hSee 1 Cor. 6:20. So Ex. 15:16. Comp. Heb. 10:29.
iSo Phil. 3:19.
||Or, lascivious ways, as some copies read.
j Acts 19:9. So Acts 9:2.
kSo Isai. 52:5. Rom. 2:24.
lComp. 2 Cor. 12:17, 18. 1 Tim. 6:5. Tit. 1:11. ver. 14. Jude 16.
mSee Rom. 16:18. So ch. 1:16.
n James 4:13 (Gk.). So 2 Cor. 2:17 marg.
o Jude 4 (Gk.). So Deut. 32:35.
pch. 3:5.
iSo Phil. 3:19.

Cross references

b Rom. 15:10. Jude 5.
q Matt. 25:5.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But 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 sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them. They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

NLTNew Living Translation

But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled. And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.