베드로후서 2:19-21 KRV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:21

Verse 21 21.By saying that having forsaken the commandment delivered unto them, they returned to their own pollutions, he intimates first, how inexcusable they were; and secondly, he reminds us that the doctrine of a holy and virtuous life, though common to all and indiscriminately belonging to all, is yet peculiarly taught to those whom God favors with the light of his gospel. But he declares that they who make themselves slaves again to the pollutions of the world fall away from the gospel.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:19

While they promise them liberty; literally, promising. The words cohere closely with the preceding clause. Liberty was the subject of their great swelling words of vanity; they talked loudly, made a great boast, about liberty. Perhaps they were wresting to their own destruction the teaching of St. Paul concerning Christian liberty. St. Paul had spoken of the liberty of the glory of the children of God ( Romans 8:21 ); he had again and again asserted the liberty of Christians in things... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world; literally, for if, having escaped ( ἀποφυγόντες ). Is St. Peter in this verse still speaking of the false teachers, or of those whom they had enticed ( 2 Peter 2:18 )? Bengel, Fronmuller, and others take the latter view, thinking that the ἀποφυγόντες ("those having escaped") of this verse must be the same with the ἀποφεύγοντας or ἀποφυγόντας ("those who are escaping," or "those having escaped") of 2 Peter 2:18... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:21

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness; better, as in the Revised Version, for it were better. (For this use of the imperfect indicative, see Winer, 3:41, 2, a.) The verb ἐπεγνωκέκαι , "to have known," here, and the participle ἐπιγνοῦσιν , "after they have known," in the next clause, correspond with the noun ἐπίγνωσις of the preceding, and, like that, imply that these unhappy men once had the full knowledge of Christ. (For "the way, of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:19

While they promise them liberty - True religion always promises and produces liberty (see the notes at John 8:36), but the particular liberty which these persons seem to have promised, was freedom from what they regarded as needless restraint, or from strict and narrow views of religion.They themselves are the servants of corruption - They are the slaves of gross and corrupt passions, themselves utter strangers to freedom, and bound in the chains of servitude. These passions and appetites have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world - This does not necessarily mean that they had been true Christians, and had fallen from grace. People may outwardly reform, and escape from the open corruptions which prevail around them, or which they had themselves practiced, and still have no true grace at heart.Through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesses Christ - Neither does This imply that they were true Christians, or that they had ever had any saving knowledge of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:21

For it had been better for them ... - Compare the notes at Matthew 26:24. It would have been better for them, for:(1)Then they would not have dishonored the cause of religion as they have now done;(2)They would not have sunk so deep in profligacy as they now have; and,(3)They would not have incurred so aggravated a condemnation in the world of woe. If people are resolved on being wicked, they had better never pretend to be good. If they are to be cast off at last, it had better not be as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:18-19

2 Peter 2:18-19. When they speak great swelling words of vanity Propose their vain and false doctrine in a lofty style, or affect sublime strains of language, which are often void of any real meaning; they allure through the lusts of the flesh By allowing their hearers to live in lewd courses, or to gratify some unholy desires under pretence of Christian liberty, 2 Peter 2:10; 2 Peter 2:19; those Who, as Christians; were clean escaped from the spirit, customs, and company of them... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:20-22

2 Peter 2:20-22. For if after they The persons here spoken of as deluded; have escaped the pollutions of the world The sins which pollute those who know not God; through the knowledge of Christ That is, through faith in him, 2 Peter 1:3; they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end Their last state; is worse than the beginning More inexcusable, and exposing them to a greater condemnation. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:11-22

Character of the false teachers (2:10b-22)Being arrogant and self-assertive, the false teachers show no respect for anyone. They even insult angels, who hold a higher position than humans in the order of created beings. By contrast, the angels have such reverence for God that they dare not use insulting language in his presence, even against those who deserve condemnation (10b-11).The false teachers use neither their reasoning nor their willpower to control themselves. Like animals they simply... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:18-19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:20-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:11-22

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