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Verse 7. _VEXED WITH THE FILTHY CONVERSATION_]
Καταπονουμενον ὑπο της των αθεσμων
εν ασελγεια αναστροφης· _Being exceedingly_
_pained with the unclean conduct of those lawless persons_. What this
was...
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AND DELIVERED JUST LOT - Genesis 19:16. This case is incidentally
referred to, to show that God makes a distinction between the
righteous and the wicked; and that while the latter will be destroyed,
t...
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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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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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If God did not spare even angels who had sinned, but condemned them to
the lowest hell and committed them to the pits of darkness, where they
remain kept for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient...
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DELIVERED. rescued. As in 2 Corinthians 1:10.
JUST. App-191.
LOT. As believing Jehovah, Lot was justified. We do not know all his
life, and we do not know all implied by the rest of this verse and b...
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_vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked_ More accurately,
VEXED WITH THE MODE OF LIFE (or CONDUCT) OF THE LAWLESS ONES IN
LASCIVIOUSNESS. On "conversation" see notes on 1 Peter 1:15, and on...
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ὙΠῸ ΤΗ͂Σ ΤΩ͂Ν�. The structure reminds us of the clause
2 Peter 1:4 τῆς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ
φθορᾶς.
ἈΘΈΣΜΩΝ again in 2 Peter 3:17, and nowhere else in N.T.
ἔκθεσμος is used by Philo of the inhabit...
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DISCOURSE: 2424
GOD THE PUNISHER OF SIN
2 Peter 2:4. If God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them
down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be
reserved unto judgment; and...
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AND DELIVERED JUST LOT— _And rescued righteous Lot,_ &c....
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2 PETER 2:7-8 AND DELIVERED RIGHTEOUS LOT, SORE DISTRESSED BY THE
LASCIVIOUS LIFE OF THE WICKED (FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN DWELLING AMONG
THEM, IN SEEING AND HEARING, VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL FROM DAY TO...
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And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked: FILTHY CONVERSATION, [ en (G1722) aselgeia (G766) anastrofees
(G391)] - 'behaviour in licentiousness' ...
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VERSE 7. AND DELIVERED JUST LOT.
In the destruction of the cities God saved Lot. Keep before your minds
that it is the wicked only that are punished. The righteous are always
preserved. This is God's...
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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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2:7 conversation (g-9) i.e. 'manner of life.'...
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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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VEXED WITH THE FILTHY CONVERSATION] RV 'sore distressed by the
lascivious life.'...
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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 said that Lot was a ‘good man’. Lot was not perfect. He
chose to live in a wicked city. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah lived
without any principles. They did what they wanted. They satisfied
t...
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AND DELIVERED JUST LOT. — Better, _righteous Lot_; it is the same
adjective as occurs twice in the next verse. These repetitions of the
same word, of which there are several examples in this Epistle
...
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(4-8) Three instances of divine vengeance, proving that great
wickedness never goes unpunished....
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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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2 Peter 2:4-10 _a_. _A historical illustration of the Divine judgment
on the wicked, and care of the righteous_.
“God spared not angels who sinned, but having cast them into
Tartarus, gave them over t...
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καταπονούμενον, the word applied to the condition of the
slave whom Moses delivered, Acts 7:24. It implies outward discomfort.
ἀθέσμων. _Cf._ 2 Peter 3:17, “a stronger word than
ἄνομος, because θεσμός...
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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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GOD'S SURE DELIVERANCE
Again, Peter sought to show that God will save any righteous who may
be found among the wicked. Lot was worn out with worry over the sin he
saw all around him. What Lot saw and...
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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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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 DELIVERED JUST LOT,.... Who was a just man, being justified by the
righteousness of Christ imputed to him; and having the new man formed
in him, which is created in righteousness and true holiness...
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And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked:
Ver. 7. _Vexed_] Gr. καταπονουμενοι, labouring under it,
as under a heavy burden, and as much tortured as if he had been set...
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_And turning the cities of Sodom, &c., into ashes_ When the
inhabitants of those places were sunk into the lowest degeneracy; _and
condemned them with an overthrow_ Punished them with utter
destructio...
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH; GENESIS 19:16-25....
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Examples from History:...
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AND DELIVERED JUST LOT, VEXED WITH THE FILTHY CONVERSATION OF THE
WICKED;...
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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 2:7 ‘and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the
sensual conduct of unprincipled men'_
‘HE RESCUED' -Mercy and condemnation are often found in the same
event. The same will be true at...
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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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VEXED; grievously afflicted or wearied. THE WICKED; unjust, lawless,
(understand men), such as had no respect to law or justice, in
opposition to Lot, whom he calls _just_ and _righteous._...
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2 Peter 2:7 and G2532 delivered G4506 (G5673) righteous G1342 Lot
G3091 oppressed G2669 (G5746) by G5259 filthy...
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‘And delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life
of the wicked, (for that righteous man living among them, in seeing
and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with thei...
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EXAMPLES OF GOD'S JUDGMENT ON LICENTIOUS BEHAVIOUR AND HIS DELIVERY OF
THE RIGHTEOUS (2 PETER 2:4).
Peter now calls on a number of examples from the Old Testament which
demonstrate the truth of what...
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2 Peter 2:7. AND DELIVERED RIGHTEOUS LOT, BORE DISTRESSED BY THE
BEHAVIOUR OF THE LAWLESS IN WANTONNESS. Here again we have some
unusual words. The verb which is rendered ‘vexed' by the A. V., but
whi...
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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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AND DELIVERED
(κα ερυσατο). First aorist middle of ρυομα as in Matthew
6:13, still part of the protasis with ε.RIGHTEOUS LOT
(δικαιον Λοτ). This adjective δικαιος occurs three
times in verses 2 Pe...
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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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HE RESCUED LOT. Peter points out that Lot was saved because he lived a
righteous life, even in such a wicked place! Lot was deeply disturbed
by the sin of the cities, but was not so successful with hi...
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:7 Fourth minor premise: if (A) God RESCUED
RIGHTEOUS LOT, who was GREATLY DISTRESSED and even tormented by the
CONDUCT OF THE WICKED in Sodom (v....
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:4 Peter turns to a detailed argument
proving God’s certain judgment on the false teachers. Four times he
uses a lesser-to-greater method of argument (if A is true, how much
m...
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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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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 Corinthians 10:13; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19:16; Genesis 19:22;...
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Just [δ ι κ α ι ο ν]. Occurring three times in vv. 7, 8.
Vexed [κ α τ α π ο ν ο υ μ ε ν ο ν]. Only here and Acts
7:24. Kata gives the force of worn down. So Rev., sore distressed.
With the filthy con...
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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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Observe here, 1. As bad as Sodom was, it had. good man in it; God
leaves not himself without witness, in the vilest and worst of places
God has some that profess his name, and bear witness to his trut...