2 Peter 2:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

And in covetousness shall they with reigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.In covetousness ... The making of money is the motivation for a great deal of false teaching, the false teachers invariably being concerned, not with what is true, but what is popular.With feigned words ... Any allegation that the apostate teachers appearing at various times during the historical progression of Christianity may be thought... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

2 Peter 2:3. With feigned words, &c.— The phrase, πλαστοις λογοις, means, words formed to deceive; smooth and artful speeches, such as covetous merchants or unfair traders make use of, to put off bad goods. "They will make merchandize of you; use you like cattle or slaves brought to market to be sold." Judas sold his Master for what the Jews would give him: false teachers sell their doctrine for what they can get by it; so did the Gnostics, &c. in the first ages; so have all false... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

3. through, c.—Greek, "IN covetousness" as their element (2 Peter 2:14, end). Contrast 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Corinthians 12:17. of a long time—in God's eternal purpose. "Before of old ordained to condemnation" (Judges 1:4). lingereth not—though sinners think it lingers; "is not idle." damnation—Greek, "destruction" (see on Judges 1:4- :). Personified. slumbereth not—though sinners slumber. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 2:1-3

A. The Characteristics of False Teachers 2:1-3 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 2:3

False teachers typically desire to satisfy themselves rather than God. This leads them to take advantage of their audiences.". . . Peter pointed out that the false teachers used ’feigned words.’ The Greek word is plastos, from which we get our English word plastic. Plastic words! Words that can be twisted to mean anything you want them to mean! The false teachers use our vocabulary, but they do not use our dictionary. They talk about ’salvation,’ ’inspiration,’ and the great words of the... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Peter 2:3

2:3 well-turned (d-5) Or 'false,' plastos . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Warning Against a Threatened Plague of Brutal False TeachersAs of old there were false as well as true prophets, so it will be now. This leads the Apostle to speak about the false teachers, who if they have not already begun-he expects will trouble his readers. Prophets were important persons in the early Church: cp. Acts 11:27; 1 Corinthians 12:28.; 1 Corinthians 14:29.; Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 4:11. These teachers, who had doubtless been baptised, claimed, it would seem, to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Peter 2:3

(3) And through covetousness.—Better, In covetousness. This is the atmosphere in which they live. (See Notes on 2 Peter 2:18 and 2 Peter 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 1:13.) Wiclif and Rheims have “in.” Simon Magus offering St. Peter money, which no doubt he was accustomed to take himself for his teaching, may illustrate this (Acts 8:18; comp. 1 Timothy 6:5; Titus 1:10-11). These false teachers, like the Greek Sophists, taught for money. A bombastic mysticism, promising to reveal secrets about... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Peter 2:1-22

2 Peter 2:22 'I entered on this farm,' Burns wrote to Dr. Moore (2nd Aug. 1787), 'with a full resolution, "Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books, I calculated crops, I attended markets, and in short, in spite of the devil and the world and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man, but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from a late harvest, we lost half our crops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned, "like the dog to his vomit, and the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-9

Chapter 23 THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER2 Peter 2:1-9THIS second chapter contains much more of a direct description of the heretical teaching and practices from which the converts were in danger, and is full of warning and comfort, both alike drawn from that Old Testament prophecy to the light of which St. Peter has just been urging them to take heed. The chapter has many features and much of its language in common with the Epistle of St. Jude. But the opening of the chapter seems a suitable... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 2:1-3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Peter 2:3

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Peter 2:3

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Peter 2:3

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-9

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