For this reason I will not be negligent to always remind you of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Behold, I have told you beforehand.

But take heed; behold, I have foretold you all things.

But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision!

Beware that no one rob you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the traditions of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

You also be on guard against him, for he has greatly opposed our words.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, the ones who have actually escaped from those living in error.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the full true knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the end is worse for them than the beginning.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders to cause, if possible, even the elect to go astray.

For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make sure of your calling and election, for if you do these things you will not ever stumble;

for so an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, the ones who have actually escaped from those living in error.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the full true knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the end is worse for them than the beginning.

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to his own vomit, and, a sow, having been washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold fast to the origin of our Foundation steadfast to the end,

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are experienced by your brethren in the world.