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Verse 2 Peter 2:22. _ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB_] This seems to be
a reference to Proverbs 26:11: קאו אל שב ככלב kekeleb shab
al keo; as the dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool _repeateth his
fo...
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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB - The
meaning of the proverbs here quoted is, that they have returned to
their former vile manner of life. Under all the appearances of
refor...
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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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Uttering vain words they snare in the lusts of the flesh those who
were just escaping (or, had actually escaped) from heathen vices,
promising them liberty, while all the time they are themselves the...
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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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These people are waterless springs, mists driven by a squall of wind;
and the gloom of darkness is reserved for them. With talk at once
arrogant and futile, they ensnare by appeals to shameless, sensu...
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IT IS. there hath.
ACCORDING TO. the (fulfillment) of.
TRUE. App-175.
PROVERB. Greek. _paroimia._ See John 10:6.
TURNED. turned back.
TO. App-104.
VOMIT. Greek. _exerama_. Only here.
AGAIN. Omit...
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_it is happened unto them according to the true proverb_ Literally,
THAT (SAYING) OF THE TRUE PROVERB HAS HAPPENED TO THEM … In the
words that follow we have another of St Peter's references, without...
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ΤῸ ΤΗ͂Σ�: a usual phrase for introducing a proverb, as
Lucian, _Dialogues of the Dead_, viii. 1, τοῦτʼ ἐκεῖνο
τὸ τῆς παροιμίας.
ΚΎΩΝ etc. The equivalent is in Proverbs 26:11, the LXX. has
ἔμετον for...
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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM— The connection is, "It had been far
better for them not to have done so:—but they have relapsed into
their old vices; and that is agreeable to some ancient proverbs;
noth...
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2 PETER 2:21-22 FOR IT WERE BETTER FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAN, AFTER KNOWING IT, TO TURN BACK FROM THE HOLY
COMMANDMENT DELIVERED UNTO THEM. IT HAS HAPPENED UNTO THEM AC...
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog
is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.
BUT. You need not wonder; for dogs and...
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VERSE 22. BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM.
Of the ones who apostasize, the apostle says it happened according to
a true proverb of Solomon. (Proverbs 26:1-28 : II.) The dog has
returned to his vomit agai...
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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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2:22 vomit; (c-20) See Proverbs 26:11 ....
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The second proverb is not in Holy Scripture; the first comes from
Proverbs 26:11....
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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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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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Peter described the false teachers in two ways. The statement about
the dog comes from Proverbs 26:11. The statement about the pig does
not come from the Bible. But it must have been a familiar statem...
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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB. — More
literally, _There has happened to them what the true proverb says;
“_but_”_ is of very doubtful authority. The word for “proverb”
is...
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CHAPTER 25
ALTOGETHER BECOME ABOMINABLE
2 Peter 2:17
THE Apostle now describes these traitors to the cause of Christ under
another aspect. They proffer themselves as guides and teachers. As
such the...
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_The consequences of falling away_. “The case of their victims is a
serious one. They have escaped from the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of Jesus Christ, and are once more entangled a...
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τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας : “the content of
the true proverb” has been “verified,” or “realised” in
their case. The first proverb is found in Proverbs 26:11. The second
is apparently not derived from a...
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THE DARK WAY OF ANIMALISM
2 Peter 2:12
The description of these false teachers is terrific! They are slaves
to their brute instincts. They are as abusive as they are ignorant.
They destroy and will b...
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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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BEWARE OF EMPTY PROMISES
The false teachers, about whom Peter warned, used big words that
sounded good but were empty. They lured those who had just escaped
back into the ways of sin. Christians certa...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! what an awful thing it must be, in a church, calling itself
Christian, to be under the direction of false teachers. Professing the
name of Christ, and yet denying his Godhead! Feel...
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"The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (10) But
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of unclean...
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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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22._But it has happened unto them. _As the example disturbs many, when
men who had submitted to the obedience of Christ, rush headlong into
vices without fear or shame, the Apostle, in order to remove...
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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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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM, ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB,.... Which
is true, both in fact and in the application of it, and which lies in
the Scriptures of truth, at least the first part of it, Pro...
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog
_is_ turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.
Ver. 22. _The dog is turned_] _Prover...
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_For if after they_ The persons here spoken of as deluded; _have
escaped the pollutions of the world_ The sins which pollute those who
know not God; _through the knowledge of Christ_ That is, through...
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Men may break off outward sins and profess religion without becoming
holy. But they will be extremely apt to go back again; and when they
do, they prove that they never had true religion, or were made...
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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB, THE DOG IS
TURNED TO HIS OWN VOMIT AGAIN; AND THE SOW THAT WAS WASHED, TO HER
WALLOWING IN THE MIRE.
The apostle opens this paragraph by pic...
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The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences:...
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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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_ 2 Peter 2:22 ‘It has happened to them according to the true
proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after
washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”_
‘IT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM ACCORD...
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17-22 The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the
souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are
set forth as empty, because there is no truth in them. As clou...
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BUT IT IS HAPPENED UNTO THEM ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB: this is
added, to prevent the scandal that might arise from their apostacy;
q.d. It is not to be wondered at that they are again entangled i...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book IX
for a short period, but after a little, wallow once again in the same
mire.[12]
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book III
The Cyrenaics say that virtue its...
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2 Peter 2:22 But G1161 happened G4819 (G5758) them G846 according
G3588 true G227 proverb G3942 dog G2965 returns...
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‘It has happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog
turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to
wallowing in the mire.'
What has simply happened is what the old proverb...
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ALL NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT FOLLOWING THIS TEACHING INVOLVES (2 PETER
2:20).
It is often debated as to whether these following verses are spoken
about the false teachers, or about both them and their fo...
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2 Peter 2:22. THERE HAS HAPPENED UNTO THEM THAT OF THE TRUE PROVERB.
Two proverbial sayings follow. As having the same import, however,
they are dealt with as if they made but one. The term is the one...
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The description of the parties destined to spring up within the
Church, which has been partially interrupted by the summary of
Balaam's case, is resumed in direct terms. New points are pressed with
th...
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IT HAS HAPPENED
(συμβεβηκεν). Perfect active indicative of συμβαινω,
for which see 1 Peter 4:12.ACCORDING TO THE TRUE PROVERB
(το της αληθους παροιμιας). "The word (το used
absolutely, the matter...
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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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WHAT HAPPENED. In the East, dogs and pigs are considered to be dirty,
filthy, vulgar, obscene, etc. _Lumby_ says: "But all the loathing
which attached to these outcasts of the brute creation did not s...
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_These are wells without water._
FALSE TEACHERS
I. Their un-profitableness. “Wells without water.”
1. Pastors are like wells--
(1) For constancy. They keep their residence; men know where to find...
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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 2:20 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER for these
false teachers never to have ESCAPED the world in the first place.
They had the KNOWLEDGE OF... CHRIST. They then r
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
2 Peter 2:10. DESPISE GOVERNMENT.—Dominion. Both self-restraint and
restraint of good rules and wise authorities. Those who own no
superior. EVIL OF DIGNITIES.—Lit. “Th...
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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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Proverbs 26:11...
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According to the true proverb [τ ο τ η ς α λ η θ ο υ ς π
α ρ ι ο ι μ ι α ς]. Lit., that of the true proverb, or the
matter of the proverb. For a similar construction see Matthew 21:21,
that of the fig...
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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 dog, the sow — Such are all men in the sight of God before they
receive his grace, and after they have made shipwreck of the faith.
Proverbs 26:11....
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Observe here, The odious character given of apostates; the apostle
compares them to dogs and swine, who, though washed in the water of
baptism externally, yet their natures were never internally renew...