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Verse 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 destructi...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_And many shall follow their pernicious ways_ Better, THEIR
LASCIVIOUSNESSES. The word is the same as in Mark 7:22, Rom 13:13, 1
Peter 4:3, and elsewhere; and the English version loses the
distinctive...
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ἈΡΝΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ. They deny by their lives that Christ is their
Master, and also in some cases by their teaching: for many who had
grown up in the strong Monotheism of the Jews and had accepted
Christianity...
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ΈΞΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_
ΈΞΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G1811) следовать, следовать
за кем-л.
ΑΎΤΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΑΎΤΌΣ (G846) сам; "их". Pron.
относится к лжеучителям, дурному
примеру которых широко подра...
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AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS, &C.— The absurd
doctrines and wicked practices of professed Christians have done
infinite harm, and often caused the enemies of religion to
_blaspheme._ Th...
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2 PETER 2:2 AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR LASCIVIOUS DOINGS; BY REASON
OF WHOM THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF.
_Expanded Translation_
And many shall follow (imitate, observe and use as a gui...
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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of. FOLLOW [ exakoloutheesousin
(G1811)] out FOLLOW, [ exakoloutheesousin (G1811)] - out. PERNICIO...
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VERSE 2. AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS.
As a result of the teaching of the false teachers, however much to be
regretted it may be, many will follow them. They will make converts to
thei...
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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...
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PERNICIOUS WAYS] RV 'lascivious doings.'...
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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...
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Some *prophets in the *Old Testament were false. They told people what
the people wanted to hear. The false *prophets did not tell people the
truth. They told people to enjoy themselves in wicked ways...
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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...
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MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS. — “Pernicious ways” is
a translation of the plural of the word just rendered
“destruction.” (See fourth Note on 2 Peter 2:1.) But here the
reading is undoubted...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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(2) And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
(2) There shall not only be heresies, but also many followers of them....
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_Many shall follow their luxuries, or lasciviousness, such as are
related of the Nicolaites and Gnostics, by reason of whom the way of
truth shall be blasphemed, or ill spoken of, by those who made no...
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"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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way
of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Ver. 2. _The way of truth shall be, &c._] The ancient Christians were
generally hated and hoot...
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_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...
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THE WAY OF TRUTH; which the gospel reveals.
SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF; shall be brought into reproach and discredit
by the ungodly lives of these false teachers and those who follow
them....
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AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS, BY REASON OF WHOM THE WAY
OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF....
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A WARNING AGAINST THE FALSE TEACHERS OF ALL TIMES.
The false teachers and their judgment:...
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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...
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PERNICIOUS WAYS:
Or, lascivious ways, as some copies read...
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_ 2 Peter 2:2 ‘And many will follow their sensuality, and because of
them the way of truth will be maligned;'_
‘AND MANY WILL FOLLOW' -(Matthew 7:13).
_ Points to Note:_
False doctrine spreads! Not...
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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...
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AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS; Greek, their
destructions, i.e. those ways of error which are attended with
destruction (the effect being put for the cause by a metonymy); and
the sense i...
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2 Peter 2:2 And G2532 many G4183 follow G1811 (G5692) their G846 ways
G684 because G1223 whom G3739 way...
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‘And many will follow their lascivious doings, by reason of whom the
way of the truth will be evil spoken of.'
A prominent aspect of their teaching would seem to have been a claim
that the way to acce...
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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...
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2 Peter 2:2. AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR WANTONNESSES. The A. V. gives
‘pernicious ways,' following a reading which is now given up. On the
noun see on 1 Peter 4:3. The same strong term is used for _f...
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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...
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LASCIVIOUS DOINGS
(ασελγειαις). Associative instrumental ease after
εξακολουθησουσιν (future active, for which verb see 2
Peter 1:16). See 1 Peter 4:3 for this word.BY REASON OF WHOM
(δι' ους). "B...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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MANY WILL FOLLOW. _MacKnight_ says: "And many nominal Christians will
embrace their destructive heresies, because they encourage them in
their sins." SPEAK EVIL OF THE WAY OF TRUTH. "Those who claim t...
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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....
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:2 Their false teaching results in
SENSUALITY, which means a lack of self-constraint or an abandonment to
immoral behavior. Most often the word refers to sexual sin....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 2:18; 1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Timothy 5:14; 2 Peter 2:12;...
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Shall follow. See on ch. 2 Peter 1:16.
Pernicious ways [α π ω λ ε ι α ι ς]. The true reading is
ajselgeiaiv, lascivious doings. So Rev. See on 1 Peter 4:3. The use of
the plural is rare. Compare Jude...
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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...
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The way of truth will be evil spoken of — By those who blend all
false and true Christians together....
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As if the apostle had said, "Notwithstanding heretics bring such fatal
destruction upon themselves, yet many that profess Christianity shall
be seduced by them, and follow their pernicious ways, by re...