2 Peter 2:19 meaning and explanation

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

2 Peter 2:19, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter is warning his readers about false teachers who had slipped into the church with greedy, sensual teaching. These teachers offered their hearers freedom, probably a freedom from moral restraint, while they themselves were controlled by their own corrupt desires.

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