2 Peter 2:2

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Turning to the subject of the perils threatening the Church, two are referred to - false teachers, and a materialization of mind which follows on such teaching. As in old days there were false prophets, so we are told there will be false teachers. Hence the necessity for watchfulness. The teachers referred to are those who deny the Lord. The apostle illustrated the effect of such false interpretation by the example of Lot, who, being a righteous man, yet lost his influence in Sodom. In... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Timely Warnings 2 Peter 2:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It has been said that "to be forewarned is to be forearmed." If God had not told us the things which would surely come, to pass, we would not be prepared to meet them. It is not a delight to know of the days of darkness hovering around us, but it is necessary to know. 1. The sweep and sway of false teachers. The opening verse of our Scripture says, "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-3

The False Teachers, Their Message And Its Consequences (2 Peter 2:1-3 ). The future tense here is probably intended simply to be a general future. The point is that the false teachers are at present among them and will continue on into the future. There will always be false teachers as Jesus had constantly warned. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:2

‘And many will follow their lascivious doings, by reason of whom the way of the truth will be evil spoken of.’ A prominent aspect of their teaching would seem to have been a claim that the way to acceptability with the divine was by lascivious behaviour, probably including illicit sex and drunkenness. The idea may have been that they attained ‘oneness’ with their god(s) by ‘making love’ to sacred prostitutes and avid women in the Temples, or because their behaviour was seen as denying the flesh... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-9

2 Peter 2:1-1 Samuel : . As there were false prophets in Israel, so there will arise false teachers among the faithful. (Writing from the assumed standpoint of the apostolic age, he projects their coming into the future; in 2 Peter 2:10 they are regarded as already active; cf. 2 Peter 3:3 ; 2 Peter 3:17.) By their vicious lives they will deny the Master who bought them. Many will follow them, thus causing the Gentiles to blaspheme the Church. But their punishment is certain. God’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 2:2

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; Greek, their destructions, i.e. those ways of error which are attended with destruction (the effect being put for the cause by a metonymy); and the sense is, that as these false teachers shall bring destruction upon themselves by their heresies; so others, running with them into the same errors, shall fall into the same destruction. By reason of whom; or, by whom, viz. these false teachers, or their followers, or both. The way of truth; the gospel,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-8

MISCHIEF-MAKERS AND MISCHIEF-MAKINGCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESTHE subject treated in this chapter is the mischievous influence of corrupting doctrine. And false doctrine is constantly treated in the New Treatment in view of the immoral associations which always attended it, as with the idolatries of older days. True doctrine works for righteousness; false doctrine works for licence. True prophets had been referred to in 2 Peter 1:21, and they suggest warnings against false prophets, and false... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Chapter 2False prophets have always been around. Now they don't wear signs, "I'm a false prophet". They come in sheep's clothing. They look like sheep. They come sometimes dripping with love and phrases of love. And a lot of times you listen to them and say, "Boy, they're good. They really speak a lot of truth". And that's why they are able to deceive. If a false prophet only said false things, no one would be deceived by them. But usually what they say is ninety-five percent true. And thus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:1-22

2 Peter 2:1 . False teachers who bring in damnable heresies. Sects leading to perdition, and to the extreme of punishment. Who were they? They were yet to come, in part; the roots only began as yet to shoot; hence the apostle says, there shall be false teachers among you. Now these were roots, or offsets of the gnostics or knowing ones. This sect boasted of superior knowledge, and assumed superior liberty. They broke through the oriental restraint, and introduced women to their feasts.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Peter 2:2

2 Peter 2:2Many shall follow their pernicious ways.Pernicious waysI. An attraction.1. The ringleaders.(1) The necessity of a head to every schism and faction; never was breach made in the vineyard of Christ but some principal beast led the whole herd. If their reward in heaven be so great that save one soul from death, how great shall their torment be in hell that pervert many souls to destruction!(a) The way to suppress a schism is to cut off the head; it will be hard for a body to move... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1-9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Peter 2:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-8

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:1-22

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Peter 2:2

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