2 Peter 2 - Introduction
1:2 knowledge (i-10) _ Epignosis_ , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:2 knowledge (i-10) _ Epignosis_ , 'full knowledge,' 'personal recognition,' as Colossians 1:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:1 who (a-19) _ Hostis_ , as Matthew 7:24 . deny (b-29) Lit. 'and denying.' It refers to false teachers, not heresies. master (c-31) 'Despot,' as Acts 4:24 ; 1 Timothy 6:1 ,1 Timothy 6:2 ; Titus 2:9 ; 1 Peter 2:18 ; Revelation 6:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:3 well-turned (d-5) Or 'false,' _ plastos_ .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:5 eighth, (e-11) That is, 'one of eight.' preacher (f-13) Lit. 'herald,' as 1 Timothy 2:7 ; 2 Timothy 1:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:7 conversation (g-9) i.e. 'manner of life.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:8 dwelling (h-9) Or 'settling down.' it has a strengthening preposition.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:10 dignities. (i-28) Lit. 'glories.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:12 destroyed, (k-13) Or 'to be captured and perish.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:13 ephemeral (l-7) Or 'by day,' in contrast with 'they that be drunk are drunk in the night,' 1 Thessalonians 5:7-8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:14 covetousness, (m-20) Or 'carnal desire and seeking to seduce,' 'practised in seduction' is the sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:19 by (a-18) Or 'to him.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:20 knowledge (b-13) _ Epignosis_ , see Note i, ch. 1.3.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:21 known (b-10) known (b-17) _ Epignosis_ , see Note i, ch. 1.3.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:22 vomit; (c-20) See Proverbs 26:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]