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2 PETER 2:18 ovli,gwj {A}
Among the palaeographically similar readings (oligwc@ ontwc@ ontac),
ovli,gwj, a rare word that occurs nowhere else in the New Testament or
the Septuagint (although Aquila h...
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Verse 18. _THEY SPEAK GREAT SWELLING_ WORDS _OF VANITY_] The word
υπερογκα signifies things of great magnitude, grand, superb,
sublime; it sometimes signifies _inflated, tumid, bombastic_. These
fals...
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FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK GREAT SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY - When they make
pretensions to wisdom and learning, or seem to attach great importance
to what they say, and urge it in a pompous and positive manne...
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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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GREAT SWELLING. Greek. _huperonkos._ Only here and Jude 1:16.
VANITY. Greek. _mataiotes._ See Romans 8:20.
ALLURE. Same as "beguile", 2 Peter 2:14.
_ THROUGH_, &C. Literally by (dative
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_For when they speak great swelling words of vanity_ Literally, FOR
SPEAKING.… The adjective is used by classical writers both literally
and figuratively of excessive magnitude. It indicates what we s...
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ὙΠΈΡΟΓΚΑ κ.τ.λ. ἘΝ ἘΠΙΘΥΜΊΑΙΣ ΣΑΡΚΌΣ.
This is the last case of borrowing from Jude for some time. It answers
to Jude 1:16 κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν
πορευόμενοι καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν
λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα.
ἘΝ ἘΠΙ...
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ΥΠΈΡΟΓΚΟΣ (G5246) опухший, набухший.
Неестественно раздутый. Они говорили
напыщенно. Чрезмерное красноречие
было их оружием для уловления
неосторожных, лесть была наживкой на
их крючке (Green),
ΜΑΤΑΝ...
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FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK GREAT SWELLING WORDS— _For, while they utter
high swelling words of vanity, they, by the lusts of the flesh, lay a
bait for those who had really escaped from them that live in erro...
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_2. CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS AND DOXOLOGY, 2:14-18_
2 Peter 2:14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from
sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in
covetousness; chil...
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure
through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that
were clean escaped from them who live in error.
ALLURE, [ deleazou...
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VERSE 18. FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK GREAT SWELLING WORDS.
The sense is that these wicked ones used words utterly devoid of any
knowledge of divine things. Their speech was in great flowing,
high-sounding wo...
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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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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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_Through much_ WANTONNESS] RV 'by lasciviousness.' The repetition of
this word points to the character of the false teachers. Repetition of
this kind is frequent in 1 Pet.
THOSE THAT WERE CLEAN ESCAP...
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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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The false teachers sounded very confident. They wanted to impress
other people. They tried to attract the people who had just become
Christians. These people had not learned very much about God. They...
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GREAT SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY. — Exaggeration, unreality,
boastfulness, and emptiness are expressed by this phrase. It carries
on the same idea as the waterless wells and the driven mists — great
pre...
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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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ὑπέρογκα. _Cf._ Jude 1:16. No doubt the reference is to the
use of Gnostic terms. ματαιότης, used specially of moral
insincerity. _Cf._ ματαίας ἀναστροφῆς, “heartless
conduct,” 1 Peter 1:18. There is...
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_The Libertines are themselves slaves_. “They are like waterless
wells, and mists that the wind disperses. For them is reserved the
fate of gloomy darkness. They utter ponderous nothings, and allure
t...
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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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For when they speak great (q) swelling [words] of vanity, they (r)
allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness,
those that were (s) clean escaped from them who live in error.
(q)...
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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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18._For when they speak great swelling words of vanity. _(172) He
means that they dazzled the eyes of the simple by high-flown stuff of
words, that they might not perceive their deceit, for it was not...
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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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FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK GREAT SWELLING [WORDS] OF VANITY,.... Marvellous
things against the God of gods, great things and blasphemies against
God, his name, his tabernacle, and his saints; see Daniel 11:3...
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For when they speak great swelling _words_ of vanity, they allure
through the lusts of the flesh, _through much_ wantonness, those that
were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Ver. 18. _Great...
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_When they speak great swelling words of vanity_ Propose their vain
and false doctrine in a lofty style, or affect sublime strains of
language, which are often void of any real meaning; _they allure
t...
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GREAT SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY; making, after the fashion of such men,
large professions of their own light and knowledge, and large promises
of good to others.
THROUGH THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH-WANTONNE...
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The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences:...
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FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK GREAT, SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY, THEY ALLURE
THROUGH THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH, THROUGH MUCH WANTONNESS, THOSE THAT
WERE CLEAN ESCAPED FROM THEM WHO LIVE IN ERROR....
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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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CLEAN:
Or, for a little, or a while as some read...
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_ 2 Peter 2:18 ‘For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they
entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from
the ones who live in error,'_
‘FOR' -The reason why they are call...
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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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GREAT SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY; i.e. big words, full of sound, and
void of sense, at least of truth. He seems to tax the affected, vain
speech of seducers, who were wont to clothe their erroneous doct...
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2 Peter 2:18 For G1063 speak G5350 (G5726) swelling G5246 emptiness
G3153 allure G1185 (G5719) through G1722 lusts...
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‘For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the
lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping
from those who live in error, promising them liberty, while they
th...
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PETER'S INDICTMENT OF THE FALSE PREACHERS (2 PETER 2:10).
Peter accuses the false teachers, who are in total contrast to Noah
and Lot, both of whom had had connections with angelic beings in one
way...
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2 Peter 2:18. FOR SPEAKING GREAT SWELLING THINGS OF VANITY. The writer
proceeds now to justify what he has just said, either as to the doom
of the false teachers, or as to their character as pretender...
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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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2 Peter 2:18
False Theories of our Life.
I. There is the epicurean or pleasure theory: "Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die." Let us see how this creed narrows down our life
to a very point, st...
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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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PROUD AND STUPID. "They claim to be more important than us apostles
and so they make proud and stupid statements to impress people." USE
IMMORAL BODILY LUSTS. "They seduce people to join with them in...
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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 2:18 ENTICE BY SENSUAL PASSIONS... THOSE WHO
ARE BARELY ESCAPING. The false teachers tell new Christians they can
do whatever they wish sexually without harm....
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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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_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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2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Acts 2:40; Acts 8:9;...
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When they speak [φ θ ε γ γ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. Rev., better,
uttering. See on ver. 16.
Great swelling [υ π ε ρ ο γ κ α]. Only here and Jude 1:16. The
word means of excessive bulk. It accords well with the p...
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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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They ensnare in the desires of the flesh — Allowing them to gratify
some unholy desire. Those who were before entirely escaped from the
spirit, custom, and company of them that live in error — In sin....
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The next sin charged upon these seducers is pride and ostentation,
they speak big, GREAT SWELLING WORDS OF VANITY; with. lofty and
affected style they propound their false doctrines to amuse the
simpl...