Error in the Church
J. Lillie, D. D. 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you… 1. The futility of insisting on having even now what might be called a pure Church. "It must needs be," said our Lord, "that offences come." 2. It is none the less the duty of the friends of truth and righteousness to maintain the spirit of a vigilant and strenuous resistance to the assaults of error and corruption. 3. That a doctrine or a practice has many followers, even among church members, affords but a poor presumption that it deserves to be followed (Matthew 24:5, 10-12). 4. The certain and irretrievable ruin of ungodly men. 5. finally, let us bless God that, through the waste wilderness of obstruction, deceit, and delusion, His own holy Word has clearly marked for us "the way of the truth." (J. Lillie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But 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. WEB: But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.