We are assured in this chapter that false teachers will be among us, introducing destructive heresies. The challenge is to know when those false teachers and their destructive heresies are around. Certainly Peter warns us so that we can be on guard against the false teaching, not following the false teachers into their "depraved conduct". Reading the rest of the chapter, this is not a path one would want to travel.
Those who follow the evil false teachers will receive severe punishment. There's no getting around this, and verses 13-22 are pretty uncomfortable to read. The best defense against all this ugliness is undoubtedly found in the person of Jesus Christ. We are safe in Him. We are welcomed into His arms when we come with sincerity of heart. There is no condemnation for those in who are in Christ. For those who willingly pretend to be but are not, it apparently isn't pretty.
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