2 Pedro 2:10-14 NVI

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:11

Whereas angels, etc. - This is a difficult verse, but the meaning seems to be this: The holy angels, who are represented as bringing an account of the actions of the fallen angels before the Lord in judgment, simply state the facts without exaggeration, and without permitting any thing of a bitter, reviling, or railing spirit, to enter into their accusations. See Zechariah 3:1 , and Judges 1:9 ; to the former of which St. Peter evidently alludes. But these persons, not only speak of the... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:14

Having eyes full of adultery - Μοιχαλιδος· Of an adulteress; being ever bent on the gratification of their sensual desires, so that they are represented as having an adulteress constantly before their eyes, and that their eyes can take in no other object but her. But instead of μοιχαλιδος of an adulteress, the Codex Alexandrinus, three others, with the Coptic, Vulgate, and one copy of the Itala, together with several of the fathers, have μοιχαλιας , of adultery. Cannot cease from... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:14

Verse 14 14.Beguiling, or baiting, unstable souls. By the metaphor of baiting he reminds the faithful to beware of their hidden and deceitful arts; for he compares their impostures to hooks which may catch the unwary to their destruction. By adding unstable souls he shews the reason for caution, that is, when we have not struck firm roots in faith and in the fear of the Lord: and he intimates at the same time, that they have no excuse who suffer themselves to be baited or lured by such... 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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:11

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:14

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:10

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