2 Pedro 2:18-19 RVA

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:17-22

Chapter 25 ALTOGETHER BECOME ABOMINABLE2 Peter 2:17-22THE Apostle now describes these traitors to the cause of Christ under another aspect. They proffer themselves as guides and teachers. As such they should be sources of refreshment and help. But in every respect they belie the character which they have assumed. "These are springs without water." The blessing of a spring is only known to the full in Eastern lands. Hence it is that in Bible language wells and fountains are constantly used as... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

II. THE EVIL TO COME THROUGH FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 2 1. The source of the evil (2 Peter 2:1-3 ) 2. The lessons from the past. (2 Peter 2:4-10 ) 3. The description of the apostates (2 Peter 2:11-22 ) 2 Peter 2:1-3 The Apostle Peter is now being used by the Spirit of God to prophesy. He predicts the coming evil for the professing church, that apostate teachers would do their vicious work. As pointed out in the introduction every other writer of the Epistles bears the same witness and that... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:18

2:18 For when they speak great {q} swelling [words] of vanity, they {r} allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were {s} clean escaped from them who live in error.(q) They deceive with vain and swelling words.(r) They take them, as fish are taken with the hook.(s) Unfeignedly and indeed, clean departed from idolatry. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

But the true government of God has been hated and rejected -even by men claiming to be Christian. Peter, a true prophet, has forewarned of this in this chapter; and the day has come of which he has prophesied. As there were false prophets among the children of Israel in the Old Testament, so there are false teachers today, their number multiplied astonishingly. In subtle, insidious ways they introduce destructive heresies. Heresy may not at first be actually wicked teaching, but teaching of a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

OCCASION OF THE WARNING We now consider the last division which treats of the occasion for this warning and exhortation, chapters 2-3. In brief, this occasion was in the incoming of false teachers in the church, 2 Peter 2:1 , whose success is predicted in 2 Peter 2:2 ; whose punishment is certain and dreadful, v. 3-9; and whose description follows in verses 10-22. We shall not enter upon this description in detail, and, indeed, it presents many difficulties of interpretation. The presence... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Peter 2:9-22

"The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (10) But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. (11) Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. (12) But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:17-22

17-22 The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are set forth as empty, because there is no truth in them. As clouds hinder the light of the sun, so do these darken counsel by words wherein there is no truth. Seeing that these men increase darkness in this world, it is very just that the mist ofdarkness should be their portion in the next. In the midst of their talk of liberty, these men are the vilest slaves;... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-99

2Pet 2 YET EVERYTHING OF GOD, and therefore good, is counterfeited by Satanic power, consequently chapter 2 begins with a warning. When in old time the Holy Ghost was moving holy men to give us utterances from God the great adversary moved and brought in among the people false prophets. We have many examples of this in the Scripture. In the days of Ahab things had reached such a pass that Elijah could say, “I, even I only remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Peter 2:17-22

The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences: v. 17. These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever. v. 18. For when they speak great, swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. v. 19. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Peter 2:11-22

2 Peter 2:10-22 (10b-22)Analysis:—Further description of the false teachers; their radical corruptness and daring scoffing; their perilous state.10bPresumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities,15 11Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation 12against them before the Lord.16 But these,17 as natural brute beasts18 made19 to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not;20 and shall utterly... read more