Dear friends, you have already been warned about this. So be on your guard. Then you won’t be led astray by people who don’t obey the law. Instead, you will remain safe.

亲爱的弟兄啊，你们既然预先知道这事，就当防备，恐怕被恶人的错谬诱惑，就从自己坚固的地步上坠落。

所以，亲爱的，既然你们预先知道这事，就当防备，免得被恶人的错谬诱惑，从自己稳定的立场上坠落。

所以，亲爱的，既然你们预先知道这事，就当防备，免得被恶人的错谬诱惑，从自己稳定的立场上坠落。

因此，亲爱的弟兄姊妹，你们既然预先知道了这些事，就应该提防，不要让那些不法之徒用错谬的理论引诱你们，使你们失去原本坚固的立场。

所以，亲爱的，你们既然预先知道了，就要谨慎，免得受恶人的错谬引导，就从自己坚固的地步上坠落。

因此，各位蒙爱的人哪，你们既然预先知道了这些，就应该警惕，免得被那些恶人的迷惑引入歧途，从自己坚固的地步坠落。

親愛的弟兄啊，你們既然預先知道這事，就當防備，恐怕被惡人的錯謬誘惑，就從自己堅固的地步上墜落。

所以，親愛的，既然你們預先知道這事，就當防備，免得被惡人的錯謬誘惑，從自己穩定的立場上墜落。

所以，親愛的，既然你們預先知道這事，就當防備，免得被惡人的錯謬誘惑，從自己穩定的立場上墜落。

因此，親愛的弟兄姊妹，你們既然預先知道了這些事，就應該提防，不要讓那些不法之徒用錯謬的理論引誘你們，使你們失去原本堅固的立場。

所以，親愛的，你們既然預先知道了，就要謹慎，免得受惡人的錯謬引導，就從自己堅固的地步上墜落。

所以你們、親愛的，你們既先知道這些事，就該自己防備，免得被逆天者的謬妄所帶走，而從自己的堅固上墜落了。

因此，各位蒙愛的人哪，你們既然預先知道了這些，就應該警惕，免得被那些惡人的迷惑引入歧途，從自己堅固的地步墜落。

愛友乎、既預知之、則宜謹慎、免為惡者之謬所誘、失爾堅也、

良朋知此、當謹慎、勿為惡所迷、而所守弗固、

可愛者乎、既預知此事、則當慎、毋為惡人之謬所迷、而失爾之堅心、

故望兄弟深思遠慮、小心翼翼、毋為不肖者之謬說所搖奪、而失其所守。

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

You already know these things, dear friends. So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing.

Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unscrupulous people and lose your own firm commitment,

You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stability.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know[ these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end.

Make sure no one controls you. They will try to control you by using false reasoning that has no meaning. Their ideas depend on human teachings. They also depend on the basic spiritual powers of this world. They don’t depend on Christ.

“ Watch out for false prophets. They come to you pretending to be sheep. But on the inside they are hungry wolves.

They speak empty, bragging words. They make their appeal to the evil desires that come from sin’s power. They tempt new believers who are just escaping from the company of sinful people.They promise to give freedom to these new believers. But they themselves are slaves to sinful living. That’s because“ people are slaves to anything that controls them.”They may have escaped the sin of the world. They may have come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But what if they are once again caught up in sin? And what if it has become their master? Then they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.Suppose they had not known the way of godliness. This would have been better than to know godliness and then turn away from it. The way of godliness is the sacred command passed on to them.What the proverbs say about them is true.“ A dog returns to where it has thrown up.”( Proverbs 26:11) And,“ A pig that is washed goes back to rolling in the mud.”

People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.That comes as no surprise. Even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light.So it doesn’t surprise us that Satan’s servants also pretend to be serving God. They will finally get exactly what they deserve.

We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.

So be careful. When you think you are standing firm, you might fall.

My brothers and sisters, try very hard to show that God has appointed you to be saved. Try hard to show that he has chosen you. If you do everything I have just said, you will never trip and fall.You will receive a rich welcome into the kingdom that lasts forever. It is the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.So I will always remind you of these things. I’ll do it even though you know them. I’ll do it even though you now have deep roots in the truth.

How can you possibly not understand? I wasn’t talking to you about bread. But watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

So even though I am away from you in body, I am with you in spirit. And I am glad to see that you are controlling yourselves. I am happy that your faith in Christ is so strong.

“ Be careful,” Jesus said to them.“ Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

The believers studied what the apostles taught. They shared their lives together. They ate and prayed together.

Watch out for those dogs. They are people who do evil things. When they circumcise, it is nothing more than a useless cutting of the body.

But Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies. And here’s what I’m afraid of. Your minds will also somehow be led astray. They will be led away from your true and pure love for Christ.

My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do great signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.See, I have told you ahead of time.

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.Keep watch! I have told you everything ahead of time.

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

You too should watch out for him. He strongly opposed our message.

How useless it is to spread a net where every bird can see it!

Stand up to him. Remain strong in what you believe. You know that you are not alone in your suffering. The family of believers throughout the world is going through the same thing.

Why have I told you this? So that when their time comes, you will remember that I warned you about them. I didn’t tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.

Think about how far you have fallen! Turn away from your sins. Do the things you did at first. If you don’t, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.