2 Peter 2:1-2 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 2:1

2:1 There were times when false prophets arose among the people, even as amongst you too there will be false teachers, men who will insidiously introduce destructive heresies and deny the Lord who bought them; and by so doing they will bring swift destruction on themselves. That there should arise false prophets within the Church was something only to be expected, for in every generation false prophets had been responsible for leading God's people astray and for bringing disaster on the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:1

In this verse Peter has certain things to say about these false prophets and their actions. (i) They insidiously introduce destructive heresies. The Greek for heresy is hairesis ( Greek #139 ). It comes from the verb haireisthai (compare Greek #140 ), which means to choose; and originally it was a perfectly honourable word. It simply meant a line of belief and action which a man had chosen for himself. In the New Testament we read of the hairesis ( Greek #139 ) of the Sadducees,... 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 2:1

But there were false prophets also among the people ,.... As well as holy men of God, who gave out prophecies, by the inspiration and impulse of the Holy Spirit; that is, among the people of the Jews, God's professing people, whose God was the Lord, and who had chosen them to be a special and peculiar people, above all people of the earth; and had distinguished them by his favours from all others: among these, though the Syriac version reads "in the world", there were false prophets, who... 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 2:1

But there were false prophets - There were not only holy men of God among the Jews, who prophesied by Divine inspiration, but there were also false prophets, whose prophecies were from their own imagination, and perverted many. As there shall be false teachers among you - At a very early period of the Christian Church many heresies sprung up; but the chief were those of the Ebionites, Cerinthians, Nicolaitans, Menandrians, and Gnostics, of whom many strange things have been spoken by the... 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 2:1

Verse 1 1.But there were. As weak consciences are usually very grievously and dangerously shaken, when false teachers arise, who either corrupt or mutilate the doctrine of faith, it was necessary for the Apostle, while seeking to encourage the faithful to persevere, to remove out of the way an offense of this kind. He, moreover, comforted those to whom he was writing, and confirmed them by this argument, that God has always tried and proved his Church by such a temptation as this, in order that... 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

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:1

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Peter 2:1

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:1

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

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

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

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