2 Peter 2:1

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who shall secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Sectas introducere, doxas, as this Greek word sometimes signifies; witness Aristotle, 4. Eth., where he puts as apposite, kata doxan, kai kat aletheian. Ver. 13. In conviviis, agapais, which reading Dr. Wells prefers before apatais, the common reading: in the Protestant translation, with their own deceivings.

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Lying teachers among you, some of which were already come, and many more were to follow, who shall bring in sects, (heresies) leading to perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them, denying the divinity of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer; such were the disciples of Simon, and many after them. (Witham) Sects of perdition; that is, heresies destructive of salvation. (Challoner)

Hippolytus of Rome

AD 235
And there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies."

Richard Challoner

AD 1781
Sects of perdition: That is, heresies destructive of salvation.

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
Neither ought their existence to surprise us, for it was foretold that they should come to pass;

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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