2 Peter 2:4

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-11

Doom and Deliverance 2 Peter 2:1-11 Already the early Church was threatened with destructive heresies introduced by men who desired only their self-aggrandizement. All the Apostles give warning against such, and point to character as the one supreme test of doctrine. The real drift of the heresies is to deny the Master, who bought us as slaves in the market of the world. Of all the bidders, there is none who has bidden so high as he. Many instances are quoted from the past to prove the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 2:4

‘For if God did not spare not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; The first example is the angels who sinned before the Flood (Genesis 6:1-4). They had followed ‘lascivious ways’. They ‘saw that the daughters of men were fair, and took all whom they chose’ (Genesis 6:2). While, apart from the Flood, we are not told of their fate in Scripture, it is well documented in Jewish literature (see below). And it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:4-9

Examples Of God’s Judgment On Licentious Behaviour And His Delivery Of The Righteous (2 Peter 2:4-9 ). Peter now calls on a number of examples from the Old Testament which demonstrate the truth of what he is saying. 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 2:4

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell: elsewhere called the deep, Luke 8:31, and the bottomless pit, Revelation 9:1; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1,Revelation 20:3. This implies a change: 1. Of the state of those sinning angels, that whereas before it was the highest among the creatures, now it is the lowest. 2. Of their place, that whereas they were before the throne of God with the rest of the angels, they are now thrust down into a lower... 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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

2 Peter 2:4 We get but few glimpses into other worlds. What we have seen of them suggests that their moral history strongly resembles our own. Sin and suffering, holiness and joy these seem to be the words which measure all moral development, and describe all moral conditions. I. Angels sinned: then (1) earthly circumstances are not the cause of rebellion; (2) the flesh is not the only occasion of sin; (3) nearness to God is not inviolable safety. II. "God spared not," etc.: then (1)... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Peter 2:4-9

DISCOURSE: 2424GOD THE PUNISHER OF SIN2 Peter 2:4-9. If God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;... read more