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INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies, book or topical, found here, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, lexicons, concordances or commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, but they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and the New Testament for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

2 Peter Chapter 2: FALSE TEACHERS, BACKSLIDERS, AND THOSE THAT FOLLOW THEM

(2 Peter 2:1 [AKJV/PCE])
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.

Because man himself never changes, one would expect that, as the Jews in the Old Testament had their false teachers and prophets, so would the church, and so it is. Mankind is evil, wicked, and that is worldwide among all nations, bloods, tribes, tongues, nations, without exception
Yes indeed, the Jews in the Old Testament had their share of false teachers, false prophets who promised them all sorts of favor with God for their sin
Consider why Moses threw the tables God gave him with the ten commandments on them do be broken because the people made a calf with their own jewelry
Add to this the Pharisees and Sadducees of the days Jesus walked the earth and you get a whole host

FALSE TEACHERS AMONG THE PEOPLE

(Exodus 32:1 [AKJV/PCE])
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FALSE PROPHETS/TEACHERS TODAY

They were foretold by Peter, Paul, Jesus, James, that they would be among us-THEY ARE
The Old Testament was a warning to them already, with what judgment befell the false teachers and prophets leading Israel astray then, and their fate
Their heresies are damnable, from hell and will lead many to hell, believing in the person, not the Truth ofGod's Word, but trusting that person who carries another gospel
They love to build ma$$ive denominational churche$$$, in arenas, coliseums, stadiums, on TV, as authors, radio hosts, fleecing the flock$
They are followed by many
They make believe they care about you and your spiritual well being, for money (making mer￠handi$e of you)
God will not spare them the same fate as many in the Word of God, from the flood of Noah, the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, etc.
They cannot be ruled, governed by any laws of God, decency, and are out of control
They speak evil of good things, good of evil things, without any fear of consequences
They are in the flesh, not in the spirit
They are dry wells and a clouds without water, rain, water representing life in God's Word-so they mean to carry death
This is due to their own lust, as they return to their former lives in the flesh, knowing many will listen in the church and can be deceived

The only ways to defeat false teachers and false apostles and false prophets are to know the word, expose them, teach the truth, shed light on darkness, avoid teachers of worldly wisdom completely, with their "degrees", fancy clothes, huge followings, fame, fortune

(2 Peter 2:2 [AKJV/PCE])
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Not just a few, but many, like sheep to the slaughter
Badgers, ferrets, mongooses, mice, rats, squirrels, and many of the other sort of vermin we hate are pernicious, as in destructive, destroying faith, destroying entire congregations, etc.
These are pernicious in that they kill faith, destroy lives, even forever, because false gospels do not save, and there is only one true gospel, many false ones (cults)
They are not capable of stopping themselves at doing this evil

(Galatians 1:6-10 [AKJV/PCE])
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

PERNI'CIOUS, a. [L. perniciosus, from pernicies; perneco, to kill; per and nex, necis, death.]

Destructive; having the quality of killing, destroying or injuring; very injurious or mischievous. Food, drink or air may be pernicious to life or health.
Destructive; tending to injure or destroy. Evil examples are pernicious to morals. Intemperance is a pernicious vice.
[L. pernix.] Quick. [Not used.]

(2 Peter 2:3 [AKJV/PCE])
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Because they want, want, want, they will make believe with you that they represent God, are called by God into full time ministry, and happily take your money
They are unaware that they await judgment, as currently their life is pristine, with nice, fancy houses, big. fancy cars, nice sound systems, streaming video
They come in under the guise, the guile, the cloak, the making believe that they represent the truth ,adn they are very good at it, as is the serpent
They pretend they want you to follow Jesus but, in reality, they want you to follow them

(2 Peter 2:4 [AKJV/PCE])
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Since the answer is no, God did not spare them, man definitely will not be spared

(Jude 1:6 [AKJV/PCE])
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

IF, v.t. It is used as the sign of a condition, or it introduces a conditional sentence. It is a verb, without a specified nominative. In like manner we use grant, admit, suppose. Regularly, if should be followed, as it was formerly, by the substitute or pronoun that, referring to the succeeding sentence or proposition. If that John shall arrive in season, I will send him with a message. But that is now omitted,and the subsequent sentence, proposition or affirmation may be considered as the object of the verb. Give John shall arrive; grant,suppose, admit that he shall arrive, I will send him with a message. The sense of if, or give, in this use, is grant, admit, cause to be, let the fact be,let the thing take place. If then is equivalent to grant, allow, admit. "If thou wilt, thou canst make me whole," that is, thou canst make me whole, give the fact, that thou wilt.
If thou art the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Mat 14.
1. Whether or not.
Uncertain if by augury or chance.

(2 Peter 2:5 [AKJV/PCE])
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

God gave them 120 years to repent and they steadfastly refused. They do not even want you to question, challenge them, nor can a person even reach them through all of their walls they erect to protect themselves

(2 Peter 2:6 [AKJV/PCE])
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

The entire lesson in Sodom and Gomorrah is still to this day true, Sodomy being wrong, and this being the reason they were destroyed, for not repenting of it, not a single one when Lot left
Today a popular lie spread by "seminaries" is that they were destroyed because they lacked hospitality
Few ever even bother to check on this, believing what they are told-Where do they think the word "sodomy" comes from? What do they think "strange flesh" is?

(Jude 1:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

(2 Peter 2:7 [AKJV/PCE])
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

Conversation=behavior
"Lack of hospitality" is not "filthy conversation", as we are not "filthy" for being "inhospitable and unfriendly"

CONVERSATION, noun

General course of manners; behavior; deportment; especially as it respects morals. Let your conversation be as becometh the gospel. Philippians 1:27.
Be ye holy in all manner of conversation 1 Peter 1:15.
A keeping company; familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; commerce in social life.
Knowledge of men and manners is best acquired by conversation with the best company.
Intimate and familiar acquaintance; as a conversation with books, or other object.
Familiar discourse; general intercourse of sentiments; chat; unrestrained talk; opposed to a formal conference.
What I mentioned in conversation was not a new thought.
[This is now the most general use of the word.]

(2 Peter 2:8 [AKJV/PCE])
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Simply read Genesis 19:1-38 and you will see that it has nothing to do with "hospitality"
It was so bad that he offered his own daughters to the Sodomites at the door because they wanted to "know" (have sex with) the angels who came to wanr Lot of certain destruction
In Genesis 18:23-33 Abraham inquired why, and God told him that, if there were even ten righteous left in that city, God would not destroy it
The fact that God destroyed it means there were less than ten, including Lot, his wife and two daughters only, not even the husbands of his daughters believed and went with him!

(2 Peter 2:9 [AKJV/PCE])
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

God judges the wicked in His time, not ours but, rest well, knowing it will for certain happen one day, whenever that is
God never leaves His people there when He does judge, either, separating the sheep from the goats, as will happen in the Rapture and on Judgment Day

(2 Peter 2:10 [AKJV/PCE])
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

This is a common thing among the wicked, pride, arrogance, being told anything to do
This is what "despising government" means here, to not wanting to be ruled, regulated, directed, or have one single authority over them, to be under any restriction on their sin
They hate police, pastors, Christians, governors, mayors, anyone who makes a rule or law against their behavior, points out sin, or tries to enforce anything against them

PRESUMP'TUOUS, a.

Bold and confident to excess; adventuring without reasonable ground of success; hazarding safety on too slight grounds; rash; applied to persons; as a presumptuous commander. There is a class of presumptuous men whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise.
Founded on presumption; proceeding from excess of confidence; applied to things; as presumptuous hope.
Arrogant; insolent; as a presumptuous priest.
Presumptuous pride.
Unduly confident; irreverent with respect to sacred things.
Willful; done with bold design, rash confidence or in violation of known duty; as a presumptuous sin.

GOV'ERNMENT, n. Direction; regulation. These precepts will serve for the government of our conduct.

Control; restraint. Men are apt to neglect the government of their temper and passions.
The exercise of authority; direction and restraint exercised over the actions of men in communities, societies or states; the administration of public affairs, according to established constitution, laws and usages, or by arbitrary edicts.Prussia rose to importance under the government of Frederick II.
The exercise of authority by a parent or householder. Children are often ruined by a neglect of government in parents.
Let family government be like that of our heavenly Father, mild, gentle and affectionate.
The system of polity in a state; that form of fundamental rules and principles by which a nation or state is governed, or by which individual members of a body politic are to regulate their social actions; a constitution, either written or unwritten, by which the rights and duties of citizens and public officers are prescribed and defined; as a monarchial government, or a republican government.
Thirteen governments thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without the pretence of miracle or mystery, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.
An empire, kingdom or state; any territory over which the right of sovereignty is extended.
The right of governing or administering the laws. The king of England vested the government of Ireland in the lord lieutenant.
The persons or council which administer the laws of a kingdom or state; executive power.
Manageableness; compliance; obsequiousness.
Regularity of behavior. [Not in use.]
Management of the limbs or body. [Not in use.]
In grammar, the influence of a word in regard to construction,as when established usage required that one word should cause another to be in a particular case or mode.

(2 Peter 2:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

Even angels who are there to protect us and one day be the destroyers of evil as in Sodom and Gomorrah, do not speak against the evil rulers here on earth, but leave all of that to the LORD
Therefore, we should just leave it at that, hard as that is to do, since we do in fact live under their reign and they directly influence our lives

(2 Peter 2:12 [AKJV/PCE])
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

Evil does evil because evil does not understand good and government rule, because they hate that which is good (despise) and do not want to know about it
Man takes brute beasts of all sorts, tames them, perhaps oxen as beasts of burden, or pit bulls to fight, or bulls to ride for show, he then breeds them, then one day kills and maybe even eats them
Because they are sinners with evil tongues, minds, evil intention$$ who make believe they know God and do not, they die in their corruption, unsaved, go to hell and take many with them

(2 Peter 2:13 [AKJV/PCE])
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

That reward of unrighteousness is hell, separated from God, forever
Welcome to America, 2024, in broad daylight, in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Nashville, San Francisco
Jude 1:12, cited below, goes along with this
Wearing proudly their own deception, for all to see who have real eyes, pretending to be your friend

(2 Peter 2:14 [AKJV/PCE])
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Not eyes of adultery, but full, filled up to the brim, unsatiated, like a fire that wants more fuel
Deceiving others who are simple minded, weak in their spirit and soul, controlled by the flesh
Without Jesus Christ, this is our hapless state, and we are trapped in it, our feet deeply rooted, implanted, ourselves chained to sin, lust, covetous (having inordinate desires)

FILLED, BUT NEVER FILLED ENOUGH, WITH EVIL

(Exodus 15:9 [AKJV/PCE])
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

(Proverbs 14:14 [AKJV/PCE])
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

(Proverbs 27:20 [AKJV/PCE])
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

(Proverbs 30:15-16 [AKJV/PCE])
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

COVETOUSNESS

Wanting to gain money from the congregation (Exodus 18:21)
They want others to gain for themselves also, having them also deceitfully make believe it is God blessing them (Psalms 10:3)
It is the very opposite of God's Word, not just wrong (Psalms 119:36)
They are oppressors who do not live long on the earth, compared to eternity, even if they live a hundred plus years (Proverbs 28:16)
It affects all, top to bottom (Jeremiah 6:13)
God said He would take that in Israel, wives, possessions, etc. and give it to covetous men (Jeremiah 8:10)
The evil eyes of Judah were used only for covetousness, accompanied by murder, violence, oppression of the poor (Jeremiah 22:17)
God said He would measure Babylon's covetousness (Jeremiah 51:13)
The people heard God and did what they wanted to do, because they were covetous (Ezekiel 33:31)
God pronounced a woe against Israel for being covetous (Habakkuk 2:9)
Jesus said covetousness was literally parrt of a man;s heart, along with all forms of evil (Mark 7:22)
Luke tells us that Jesus warned us against covetousness, to be content with what God gives us (Luke 12:15)
The Pharisees hated Him saying this, because they were covetous (Luke 16:14)
Paul said in Romans thatthis is also a part of unsaved, unrepentant man (Romans 1:29)
Paul also put them together with fornicators and idolaters and told the Corinthian church to avoid them, do not fellowship with them (1 Corinthians 5:10-11)
He further stated that they were among those who would not enter into the Kingdom of God, along with thieves, drunkards, idolaters, revlilers, extortioners (1 Corinthians 6:10)
He also asked them to take the offering, gifts for himself and the others and give generously, not being covetous, because that is how the wealthy were there, towards the poor (2 Corinthians 9:5)
In Ephesians Paul said it was not somethign that should be found among them as followers of God, to be absent, gone, removed (Ephesians 5:1-3)
Paul repeated his earlier warning that those who did it were like the fornicators, idolaters whoremon (Ephesians 5:5)
Paul repeated it again, adding in uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence (lust; unlawful or irregular desire of sexual pleasure), calling that covetousness (Colossians 3:5)
He told them in Thessalonians that he never hid any of himself or his intentions with a cloak of covetousness (1 Thessalonians 2:5)
Once again he used covetousness as a block to prevent men wanting to be teachers, leaders, bishops, as their qualification (1 Timothy 3:3)
He mentioned it as a characteristic of the apostates in the last days and how right he is there! (2 Timothy 3:2)
The author of Hebrews warns against covetousness, again asking them to be content with what God blessed them with (Hebrews 13:5)

So, all in all, covetousness is a sin that goes with some of the wickedness of the wors kinds of sins against God and man, such as murder, violence, oppression, extortion, revilers, uncleanness, inordinate affection, idolatry, whoremongering, fornication (sex outside of marriage), concupiscience. Pretty sure that covetousness is an abomination in God's eyes

COVETOUS, a.

Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as covetous of wisdom, virtue or learning.
Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious.
A bishop must not be covetous. 1 Tim 3.

(Exodus 18:21 [AKJV/PCE])
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

(Psalms 10:3 [AKJV/PCE])
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

(Psalms 119:36 [AKJV/PCE])
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

(Proverbs 28:16 [AKJV/PCE])
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

(Isaiah 57:17 [AKJV/PCE])
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

(Jeremiah 6:13 [AKJV/PCE])
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

(Jeremiah 8:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

(Jeremiah 22:17 [AKJV/PCE])
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

(Jeremiah 51:13 [AKJV/PCE])
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

(Ezekiel 33:31 [AKJV/PCE])
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

(Habakkuk 2:9 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

(Mark 7:22 [AKJV/PCE])
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

(Luke 12:15 [AKJV/PCE])
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

(Luke 16:14 [AKJV/PCE])
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

(Romans 1:29 [AKJV/PCE])
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

(1 Corinthians 5:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

(1 Corinthians 5:11 [AKJV/PCE])
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

(1 Corinthians 6:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

(2 Corinthians 9:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

(Ephesians 5:3 [AKJV/PCE])
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

(Ephesians 5:5 [AKJV/PCE])
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

(Colossians 3:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

(1 Thessalonians 2:5 [AKJV/PCE])
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

(1 Timothy 3:3 [AKJV/PCE])
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

(2 Timothy 3:2 [AKJV/PCE])
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

(Hebrews 13:5 [AKJV/PCE])
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

(2 Peter 2:15-16 [AKJV/PCE])
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

God told him not to go to Balak, but he decided to go anyways (Numbers 22:1)
His own ass upon which he rode saved his life from a death angel by refusing to go forward, then God allowed the ass to speak and rebuke him
After wards, God showed him the entire scenario, and God let him go, finally, but Balaam was originally intending to tell Balak what Balak wanted to hear, for riches, personal gain
God essentially said, "You go, but you way what I want you to speak, you getting me, Balaam?"

(2 Peter 2:17 [AKJV/PCE])
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Truth is life, water is life but, in order to water, one must contain water in themselves. In order to give life, one must have life in themselves

WELLS WITHOUT WATER

On this entire planet, after less than a week, no man can live without water. The only way for people to live in an area is by there being available water. With water, even without food, food can be grown, food animals (livestock) can be watered. Without water being available, as in all dry wells, no person can live and must move on. Water is life, physically and spiritually. The Word of God is food, manna, but water is life, in Scripture and on earth. Everything and anything else can be absent except water, because anything and everything else can be taken care of if there is water, including growing, raising up food, roots or hooves or claws or fins and scales.

(Jude 1:12 [AKJV/PCE])
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

LIVING WATER(S)

God the LORD Jesus Christ is the Living Water
As believers, living water is to flow from us, as we now have that in us
Man's works only makes things that cannot hold eternal life (broken cisterns)
When God sends/brings forth the water, there is life
This is because God's Living Water (Himself) is not like water on earth; it refreshes us as we need, as we ask, now and forever, unlike our works-IT SATISFIES LIKE NO OTHER WATER

(Song of Solomon 4:15 [AKJV/PCE])
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

(Jeremiah 2:13 [AKJV/PCE])
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

(Jeremiah 17:13 [AKJV/PCE])
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

(Zechariah 14:8 [AKJV/PCE])
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

(John 4:10 [AKJV/PCE])
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

(John 4:11 [AKJV/PCE])
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

(John 7:38 [AKJV/PCE])
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

(2 Peter 2:18 [AKJV/PCE])
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

They use words to enlarge their passions, inflame them, orations that attract large crowds, fill arenas, stadiums, coliseums
They know that the flesh is weak, sinful, able to easily be entices, lured in as prey
The antidote is to stay in the Word of God

(2 Peter 2:19 [AKJV/PCE])
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Literally, false teachers cannot give a life giving gospel, free men from their chains, while they are themselves chained to the wall, imprisoned in their own beliefs
They do speak pompously, making all sorts of false promises to crowds, audiences, while fleecing the flick, making merchandise of them

(2 Peter 2:20 [AKJV/PCE])
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

A saved person (it might be some are actually saved) going back into the world that much winds up worse than they were before they got saved
This is because before, they did it in ignorance; now they do it knowingly, willingly, because they do not care about the things of God, only about themselves, their possessions

(2 Peter 2:21 [AKJV/PCE])
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Again, it must be said, they on this earth, saved or unsaved, deceiving masses and themselves, are now worse off than if they had never known the way of righteousness since, if they were ever saved, they will lose their rewards, being burned up, as wood, hay, stubble

(1 Corinthians 3:12-15 [AKJV/PCE])
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

(2 Peter 2:22 [AKJV/PCE])
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

This is an observed behavior, known for millennia about dogs, any dog, which dogs sometimes do to eat any undigested food in that vomit! They eat their food too fast (wolf it down) and, therefore, there may be bits of food they did not digest, so they now consume those as well. To them it is merely food. EW!
These are fools, doing foolishly, as God calls them and they cannot stop unless God intervenes, until the day they die, and in the same manner

(Proverbs 26:11 [AKJV/PCE])
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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