2 Pedro 2:10-13 NVT

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts - ' Ὡς αλογα ζωα φυσικα· As those natural animals void of reason, following only the gross instinct of nature, being governed neither by reason nor religion. Made to be taken and destroyed - Intended to be taken with nets and gins, and then destroyed, because of their fierce and destructive nature; so these false teachers and insurgents must be treated; first incarcerated, and then brought to judgment, that they may have the reward of their doings.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:13

They that count it pleasure to riot in the day time - Most sinners, in order to practice their abominable pleasures, seek the secrecy of the night; but these, bidding defiance to all decorum, decency, and shame, take the open day, and thus proclaim their impurities to the sun. Spots - and blemishes - They are a disgrace to the Christian name. Sporting themselves - Forming opinions which give license to sin, and then acting on those opinions; and thus rioting in their own deceits. ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:10

Verse 10 10.But chiefly them. He comes here to particulars, accommodating a general doctrine to his own purpose; for he had to do with men of desperate wickedness. He then shews that dreadful vengeance necessarily awaited them. For since God will punish all the wicked, how can they escape who abandon themselves like brute beasts to every kind of iniquity? To walk after the flesh, is to be given up to the flesh, like brute animals, who are not led by reason and judgment, but have the natural... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:11

Verse 11 11.Whereas angels. He hence shews their rash arrogance, because they dared to assume more liberty than even angels. But it seems strange that he says that angels do not bring a railing accusation against magistrates; for why should they be adverse to that sacred order, the author of which they know to be God? Why should they oppose rulers whom they know to be exercising the same ministry with themselves? This reasoning has made some to think that the devils are meant; but they do not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:12

Verse 12 12.But these. He proceeds with what he had begun to say respecting impious and wicked corrupters. And, first, he condemns their loose manners and the obscene wickedness of their whole life; and then he says that they were audacious and perverse, so that by their scurrilous garrulity they insinuated themselves into the favor of many. He especially compares them to those brute animals, which seem to have come to existence to be ensnared, and to be driven to their own ruin by their own... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:13

Verse 13 13.Count it pleasure (171) As though he had said, “They place their happiness in their present enjoyments.” We know that men excel brute animals in this, that they extend their thoughts much farther. It is, then, a base thing in man to be occupied only with present things. Here he reminds us that our minds ought to be freed from the gratifications of the flesh, except we wish to be reduced to the state of beasts. The meaning of what follows is this, “These are filthy spots to you and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:10

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness; literally, in the lust of pollution. The word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, but the corresponding verb is found in several places ( Titus 1:15 ; Hebrews 12:15 ; Jud 8). We observe that in this verse St. Peter passes from the future tense to the present. And despise government; rather, lordship ( κυριότητος ) . St. Jude has the same word in Jude 1:8 . In Ephesians 1:21 and Colossians 1:16 it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:11

Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. The conjunction is ὅπου , literally, "where"—they speak evil of glories, "where," i.e., "in which case." The literal rendering of the following words, "angels being greater," makes it probable that the comparison is with the false teachers of the previous verse rather than with the "glories." The false teachers rail at glories, where angels, though greater than they,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed. The order of the words in the best manuscripts favours the translation of the Revised Version, But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed. The word rendered "mere animals" is literally "natural" ( φυσικά ); comp. Jud 2 Peter 1:10 , "what they know naturally ( φυσικῶς ) as brute beasts." Speak evil of the things that they understand not; literally, as in the Revised... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:13

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness. The two most ancient manuscripts read here, instead of κομιούμενοι ἀδικούμενοι . This reading is adopted by the Revised Version in the translation, "suffering wrong as the hire of wrongdoing." But the other reading is well supported, and gives a better sense, "receiving, as they shall, the reward of unrighteousness." Balaam loved the reward of unrighteousness in this world ( 2 Peter 2:15 ); the false teachers shall receive its final... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:13

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