You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
The craft of our enemy and the cavils of ungodly men leave no place for security; we must be vigilant lest Satan's devices circumvent us. Yet this exhortation does not shake faith that rests on God, but corrects the sloth of our flesh, our weakness and the dangers around us are set before our eyes to rouse us, not to unsettle confidence in His promises.
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Read Scripture knowing it is possible to fall into error and be deceived. This apprehension makes you diligent, candid, and prayerful. The danger here is not losing grace itself, but slipping from firm, settled principles of religious truth into the error of wicked men.
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You have been warned by the fate of unstable men who twist Scripture. The Greek term for being led away is the very one Paul used of Barnabas caught in hypocrisy with Peter himself. Do not fall from that steadfastness, that stability rooted in grace, into the hands of lawless deceivers.
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