2 Peter 2:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-2

I. In the end of the former chapter there is mention made of holy men of God, who lived in the times of the Old Testament, and were used as the amanuenses of the Holy Ghost, in writing the sacred oracles; but in the beginning of this he tells us they had, even at that time, false prophets in the church as well as true. In all ages of the church, and under all dispensations, when God sends true prophets, the devil sends some to seduce and deceive, false prophets in the Old Testament, and false... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:2-3

2:2-3 And many will follow the way of their blatant immoralities and through them the true way will be brought into disrepute. In their evil ambition they will exploit you with cunningly forged arguments. Their sentence was settled long ago, and now it is not inactive, and their destruction is not asleep. In this short passage we see four things about the false teachers and their teaching. (i) We see the cause of false teaching. It is evil ambition. The word is pleonexia ( Greek #4124 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:2

And many shall follow their pernicious ways ,.... Their principles and their practices, which lead to destruction, The Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, and six copies of Beza's, and others, read "their lasciviousnesses"; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "their luxuries"; and all the Oriental versions seem to have read in like manner. The Syriac version renders it, "their impurity"; and the Arabic version, "their unchastities"; and the Ethiopic version, "their lust";... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Many shall follow - Will follow, because determined to gratify their sinful propensities. Pernicious ways - Ταις απωλειαις· Their destructions; i.e. the heresies of destruction, or destructive opinions, mentioned above. But instead of απωλειαις , destructions, ασελγειαις , lasciviousnesses or uncleannesses, is the reading of ABC, and upwards of sixty others, most of which are among the most ancient, correct, and authentic. This is the reading also of both the Syriac, all the... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 2 2.And many shall follow. It is, indeed, no slight offense to the weak, when they see that false doctrines are received by the common consent of the world, that a large number of men are led astray, so that few continue in true obedience to Christ. So, at this day, there is nothing that more violently disturbs pious minds than such a defection. For hardly one in ten of those who have once made a profession of Christ, retains the purity of faith to the end. Almost all turn aside into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Peter 2:2

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; rather, as in the Revised Version, their lascivious doings; the reading represented by the Authorized Version has very little support (comp. Jud 2 Peter 1:4 , 2 Peter 1:8 ). (For "shall follow" ( ἐξακολουθήσουσιν ) , see note on 2 Peter 1:16 .) By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. The heathen were accustomed to charge Christians with immorality; the conduct of these false teachers gave them occasion; they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Peter 2:2

And many shall follow their pernicious ways - Margin: “lascivious.” A large number of manuscripts and versions read “lascivious” here - ἀσελγείαις aselgeiais - instead of “pernicious” - ἀπωλείαις apōleiais (see Wetstein), and this reading is adopted in the editions of the Greek Testament by Tittman, Griesbach, and Hahn, and it seems probable that this is the correct reading. This will agree well with the account elsewhere given of these teachers, that their doctrines tended to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:2-3

2 Peter 2:2-3. And many shall follow their pernicious ways Their destructive doctrines, and sinful practices. By reason of whom the way of truth The doctrine of the gospel, and the genuine religion of Christ; shall be evil spoken of By many others, who will blend all false and true Christians together, as if the errors and vices of those members who are corrupted were to be charged on those who are not infected with their disorders; or the vices of a few were to be imputed to all. And... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-10

2:1-22 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERSPunishment of the ungodly (2:1-10a)Having spoken about the purpose of prophecies, Peter now gives a warning to beware of those who will use prophecies to support their own teachings. History shows that there have always been false teachers who have tried to gain a following by the misuse of Scripture (2:1). The punishment of all such people is certain. They oppose Christ, give the church a bad name, lead people into sin and make financial profit from the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Peter 2:2

follow . See 2 Peter 1:16 . pernicious ways . Greek. apoleia, as 2 Peter 2:1 , but the texts read "lasciviousnesses". Greek. aselgeia. See Romans 13:13 . by reason of. App-104 . 2 Peter 2:2 . evil spoken of = blasphemed, as 1 Peter 4:4 . read more