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JJonas

I don't see how it can have such a meaning, and can't see of any other example in the Bible where such a language was used. I believe, Peter would have use the same language as the verse you quoted below and plainly written that they professed to be bought by the Lord, if it is what he meant:

So do you believe Peter teaches here that some people for whom Christ died, shed His Blood for and redeemed, can nevertheless die in their sins in unbelief ?

 

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2Pe 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

There is a kind of parallel passage:
Jude 1:4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

The words "denying" in Peter and "deny" in Jude are the same word = G720 arneomai

If you read the whole first part of Peter, it doesn't sound like he is talking about people he thinks are saved.

2 Peter 2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

It sounds like Peter is talking about the same guys Jude is talking about.