Peter wrote: “Beloved ones, having this advance knowledge, be on your guard that you may not be led away with them [false teachers within the Christian congregation] by the error of the law - defying people and fall from your own steadfastness. ” ​ — 2 Pet.
ذَكَرَ بُطْرُسُ :‏ « أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ ،‏ إِذْ لَكُمْ هٰذِهِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ ٱلْمُسْبَقَةُ ،‏ ٱحْتَرِسُوا لِئَلَّا تَنْقَادُوا مَعَ [ٱلْمُعَلِّمِينَ ٱلدَّجَّالِينَ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةِ] بِضَلَالِ ٱلْبُغَاةِ ،‏ فَتَسْقُطُوا عَنْ ثَبَاتِكُمْ » .‏ —‏ ٢ بط ٣ :‏ ١٧‏ .‏