George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Peter 2:3
They shall make merchandise of you, preaching such lying doctrine as might please the people, but through a motive of covetousness, and for their own gain. (Witham)
They shall make merchandise of you, preaching such lying doctrine as might please the people, but through a motive of covetousness, and for their own gain. (Witham)
Verse 2 Peter 2:3. _AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS_] That they might get money to spend upon their lusts, _with feigned words_, πλαστοις λογοις, with _counterfeit tales, false narrations_, of pretended fac...
AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS - This shows what one of the things was by which they were influenced - a thing which, like licentiousness, usually exerts a powerful influence over the teachers of error. The...
II. THE EVIL TO COME THROUGH FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The source of the evil (2 Peter 2:1)_ 2. The lessons from the past. (2 Peter 2:4) 3. The description of the apostates (2 Peter 2:11)...
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...
FALSE PROPHETS (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 he...
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. T...
COVETOUSNESS. Greek. _pleonexia._ First occurrence Mark 7:22. FEIGNED. formed, i.e. fabricated. Greek. _plastos._ Only here. WORDS. App-121. MAKE MERCHANDISE OF. Greek. _emporeuomai._ See James 4:1...
_through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you_ Better, IN or WITH covetousness. The adjective for "_feigned_" is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. This greed of g...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝ ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΊΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. A distinguishing mark of the false teachers was that they sought to make money: not merely to be supported by their hearers, which, as we see from St Paul’s letters, was not c...
ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΊΣΙ (G4124) _dat. sing._ неконтролируемая, неутолимая жадность (TDNT; NTW, 97; Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5). ΠΛΑΣΤΌΣ ...
WITH FEIGNED WORDS, &C.— The phrase, πλαστοις λογοις, means, words formed to deceive; smooth and artful speeches, such as covetous merchants or unfair traders make use of, to put off bad goods. "They...
2 PETER 2:3 AND IN COVETOUSNESS SHALL THEY WITH FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU: WHOSE SENTENCE NOW FROM OF OLD LINGERETH NOT, AND THEIR DESTRUCTION SLUMBERETH NOT. _Expanded Translation_ And w...
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. THROUGH, [ en (G1722)] - 'in cove...
VERSE 3. AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS. The false teachers, and those who follow their false teaching, will attempt by feigned words that is, by fictitious tales, stories, by falsehoods and fables which th...
The program of prophecy has gradually become clearer with added revelation. The preexile prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah know only...
2:3 well-turned (d-5) Or 'false,' _ plastos_ ....
DAMNATION] RV 'destruction': cp. 2 Peter 2:12; 2 Peter 3:7. With the rude but vigorous style of this and other vv. in the chapter cp. 1 Peter 3:17. St. Jude is more polished, but less strong....
WARNING AGAINST A THREATENED PLAGUE OF BRUTAL FALSE TEACHERS As of old there were false as well as true prophets, so it will be now. This leads the Apostle to speak about the false teachers, who if th...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 FALSE TEACHERS Much of this chapter is similar to the letter of Jude. Some of the words are almost the same. Pe...
Christian leaders must be honest about money (1 Timothy 3:3; Titus 1:7). Paul was honest about the money that he collected for the Christians in Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8:20-21). He was very careful....
AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS. — Better, _In covetousness._ This is the atmosphere in which they live. (See Notes on 2 Peter 2:18 and 2 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 1:4;...
CHAPTER 23 THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER 2 Peter 2:1 THIS second chapter contains much more of a direct description of the heretical teaching and practices from which the converts were in danger,...
_The False Teachers and their Judgment_. “Yet there were also false prophets in the ancient community, just as among you there will be false teachers. They will not hesitate to introduce alongside the...
ἐν is causal. πλεονεξίᾳ = “covetousness”. _Cf._ Luke 12:15. πλαστοῖς : here only in N.T., “manufactured,” “feigned,” “artificial”. ἐμπορεύσονται Originally used in intrans. sense = “go a-trading”. _Cf...
DOOM AND DELIVERANCE 2 Peter 2:1 Already the early Church was threatened with destructive heresies introduced by men who desired only their self-aggrandizement. All the Apostles give warning against...
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 prophet...
DESTRUCTIVE DOCTRINES In stark contrast to Holy Spirit inspired prophets who spoke true words that gave light, there were false prophets who led the people astray (Deuteronomy 13:1-5; Isaiah 28:16-17;...
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make (b) merchandise of you: (4) whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (3) Covetousness for t...
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring u...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
3._With feigned words. _Peter endeavors by all means to render the faithful displeased with ungodly teachers, that they might resist them more resolutely and more constantly. It is especially an odiou...
The next two Chapter s set before us, on the other hand, the two forms of evil that characterise the last days the false and corrupt teaching of bad men, and the unbelief which denies the return of th...
AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS;.... Which is generally a prevailing vice among false teachers, they having no other end in view than themselves; either to gain popular applause and vain glory, which they ar...
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Ver. 3. _With feigned words_] Cove...
_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; _s...
WITH FEIGNED WORDS; covering over their base ends with a fair show of godliness. MAKE MERCHANDISE; should treat them not as immortal beings for whom Christ died, but in the way in which they thought...
A WARNING AGAINST THE FALSE TEACHERS OF ALL TIMES. The false teachers and their judgment:...
AND THROUGH COVETOUSNESS SHALL THEY WITH FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU; WHOSE JUDGMENT NOW OF A LONG TIME LINGERETH NOT, AND THEIR DAMNATION SLUMBERETH NOT. Having emphasized the excellence of...
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 pr...
_ 2 Peter 2:3 ‘and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.'_ ‘IN THEIR GREED' -Indicating that part of the...
1-9 Though the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk therein. Let us take care we give no occasion to the enemy to blaspheme the holy name whereby we are called, or to speak ev...
WITH FEIGNED WORDS; deceitful speeches, which have a show of truth to hide their errors. MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU; as of slaves or beasts: it seems to be a metaphor taken from merchants that speak grea...
2 Peter 2:3 G2532 By G1722 covetousness G4124 exploit G1710 (G5695) you G5209 deceptive G4112 words G3056 time...
‘And in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.' The true motive of these teachers is n...
THE FALSE TEACHERS, THEIR MESSAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (2 PETER 2:1). The future tense here is probably intended simply to be a general future. The point is that the false teachers are at present amo...
2 Peter 2:3. AND IN COVETOUSNESS BY FEIGNED SPEECHES THEY WILL MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU. The verb rendered ‘make merchandise of' occurs but once again in the N. T., viz. in James 4:13, where it is tran...
The second chapter of the Epistle stands entirely by itself. It is of so peculiar a character, that some have doubted whether it belonged originally to this Epistle, or could have been written by the...
IN COVETOUSNESS (εν πλεονεξια). As did Balaam (verse 2 Peter 2:15). These licentious Gnostics made money out of their dupes. A merely intellectual Gnosticism had its fruit in immorality and fraud.W...
2 Peter 2:1. _But there were false prophets also among the people,_ How true that is still! Be not startled, brethren, as though some strange thing had happened to us in this generation. It always wa...
CONTENTS: Warnings concerning apostate teachers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Noah, Lot, Balaam. CONCLUSION: Where God sends His true messengers with His Word, the devil always sends some to seduce and...
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 t...
IN THEIR GREED. "In their greed for your money, these false teachers will tell you made-up legends to try to get control of you and your property!" Compare 1 Timothy 6:3-5; Titus 1:10-11. FOR A LONG T...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:1 Evaluation of False Teachers. In this third main section of his letter, Peter criticizes the false teachers, using biblical illustrations to do so....
MISCHIEF-MAKERS AND MISCHIEF-MAKING _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE subject treated in this chapter is the mischievous influence of corrupting doctrine. And false doctrine is constantly treated i...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 2:1 BUT THERE WERE FALSE PROPHETS ALSO AMONG THE PEOPLE; rather, as in the Revised Version, _but there arose false prophets also among the people. _The transition is simple and na...
False 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 lov...
1 Peter 2:8; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:3;...
Through covetousness [ε ν π λ ε ο ν ε ξ ι α]. Lit., in covetousness; denoting the element or sphere in which the evil is wrought. Feigned [π λ α σ τ ο ι ς]. Only here in New Testament. From plassw, t...
TIMELY WARNINGS 2 Peter 2:1 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 prepa...
They will make merchandise of you — Only use you to gain by you, as merchants do their wares. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not — Was long ago determined, and will be executed speedily....
Observe here, 1. What is the root of all heresy; it is COVETOUSNESS, which the apostle calls the root of all evil; they are covetous worldy-minded men generally, who hope some way or other to make an...