WERE. arose. FALSE PROPHETS. Greek. _pseudoprophetes._ Compare Matthew 24:11; Matthew 24:24.Luke 6:26; Acts 13:6; 1 John 4:1. PEOPLE. See Acts 2:47. EVEN AS, &C. Read, as among you also, &c. FALSE TEACHERS. Greek. _pseudodidaskalos._ Only here. WHO. such as. PRIVILY... IN. Greek. _pareisago._ O... [ Continue Reading ]
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. 2 Peter 2:2. EVIL SPOKEN OF. blasphemed, as 1 Peter 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
COVETOUSNESS. Greek. _pleonexia._ First occurrence Mark 7:22. FEIGNED. formed, i.e. fabricated. Greek. _plastos._ Only here. WORDS. App-121. MAKE MERCHANDISE OF. Greek. _emporeuomai._ See James 4:13. JUDGMENT. App-177. NOW, &C. = from (App-104.) of old (as in 2 Peter 3:5). LINGERETH. Greek. _a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in verses: 2 Peter 2:5. OLD. ancient. See Matthew 5:21. WORLD. App-129. SAVED. preserved. Same word John 17:12. THE EIGHTH. A Greek. idiom for himself and seven others. PREACHER. App-121. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. UNGODLY. Greek. _asebes._ S... [ Continue Reading ]
TURNING... INTO ASHES. Greek. _tephroo._ Only here. CONDEMNED. App-122. OVERTHROW. Greek. _katastrophe._ See 2 Timothy 2:14. MAKING. having made. ENSAMPLE. Greek. _hupodeigma._ See John 13:15. UNTO. of. THAT AFTER SHOULD. Literally about to. live ungodly. Greek. asebeo. Only here and Jude 1:15... [ Continue Reading ]
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 by 2 Peter 2:8. VEXED. oppressed. See Acts 7:24. WITH. by. App-104. FILTHY CONVERSATION. behaviour... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN. the just one. Compare 2 Peter 2:7. DWELLING. Greek. _enkatoikeo._ Only here. SEEING. Greek. _blemma._ Only here. VEXED. Greek. _basanizo._ Transl "torment", except Matthew 14:24.Mark 6:48 (where see note). Revelation 12:2. RIGHTEOUS. Same as "just", above. SOUL App-110. UNL... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. App-98. KNOWETH. App-132. GODLY. Greek. _eusebes_. See Acts 10:2. OUT OF. App-104. TEMPTATIONS. temptation. See 1 Peter 1:6. THE. a. PUNISHED. Compare Job 21:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNCLEANNESS. Greek. _miasmos._ Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:20. GOVERNMENT. dominion. Greek. _kuriotes._ See Ephesians 1:21.Jude 1:8. PRESUMPTUOUS. Daring. Greek. _tolmetes_. Only here. self willed. Greek. _authades._ See Titus 1:7. ARE NOT AFRAID. do not tremble. SPEAK EVIL OF. blaspheme, as 2... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH ARE. though being. POWER. App-172. MIGHT. App-172. Compare Psalms 103:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:7. RAILING. Greek. _blasphemos,_ as 1 Timothy 1:13. ACCUSATION. App-177. BEFORE. App-104. Compare Jude 1:9; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
NATURAL. Greek. _phusikos._ See Romans 1:26. BRUTE. Greek. _alogos._ See Acts 25:27. BEASTS. living creatures. Greek. _zoon._ Same as Hebrews 13:11. TO BE TAKEN, &C. = for (App-104.) capture (Greek. _halosis._ Only here) and destruction (Greek. _phthora._ See Romans 8:21). OF. in. App-104. UNDE... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARD. wages. Greek. _misthos._ UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. App-128. Compare 2 Peter 2:15 and Acts 1:18. _ AS_ THEY, &C. = reckoning it (as they do). TO RIOT. living delicately. Greek. _truphe._ Only here and Luke 7:25. Compare James 5:5. THE DAY TIME. Literally. day. SPOTS. Greek. _spilos._ Here and Eph... [ Continue Reading ]
ADULTERY. an adulteress. THAT CANNOT CEASE. Greek. _akatapaustos._ Only here. SIN. App-128. BEGUILING. See James 1:14. UNSTABLE. Greek. _asteriktos._ Only here and 2 Peter 3:16. SOULS. App-110. AN HEART, &C. having. heart. EXERCISED. See 1 Timothy 4:7. covetous practices. covetousness. CURSE... [ Continue Reading ]
BALAAM. See Numbers 22:5 note. BOSOR. See 2Pe 22:5 (note). Some texts read "Beor". LOVED. App-135. WAGES. Same as reward, 2 Peter 2:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS REBUKED. had rebuke (Greek. _elenxis._ Only here). HIS. his own. INIQUITY. App-128. Only here. DUMB. See Acts 8:32. ASS. Greek. _hupozugion._ Only here and Matthew 21:5. SPEAKING. See Acts 4:18. MAN'S. App-123. FORBAD. hindered. MADNESS. Greek. _paraphronia._ Only here. Compare 2 Corinth... [ Continue Reading ]
WELLS. Greek. _pege_. Always translated "fountain", except here and John 4:6; John 4:14. WITHOUT WATER. Greek. _anudros._ Only here; Matthew 12:43 (dry). Luke 11:24 (dry), and Jude 1:12. CLOUDS. The texts read "mists" (Greek. _homichle._ Only here) CARRIED. driven. TEMPEST. Greek. _lailaps._ Her... [ Continue Reading ]
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 case) lasciviousnesses. See "filthy", 2 Peter 2:7. CLEAN. indeed. Greek. _ontos_. See 1 Corinthians 14:25. ESCA... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE. being. Greek. _huparcho._ See Luke 9:48. SERVANTS. App-190. A MAN. App-123. OVERCOME. Greek. _hettaomai._ See 2 Corinthians 12:13. BROUGHT IN BONDAGE. enslaved. App-190. Add "also".... [ Continue Reading ]
POLLUTIONS. Greek. _miasma._ Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:10. KNOWLEDGE. See 2 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:3; 2 Peter 1:8. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. Compare 2 Peter 3:18. ENTANGLED. Greek. _empleko._ See 2 Timothy 2:4. LATTER END. Literally last things. IS. is become. BEGINNING. first.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. App-105. KNOWN. App-132. TURN. turn back. FROM. App-104. UNTO. to.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Quoted from Proverbs 26:11. SOW. Greek. _hus_. Only here. WASHED. App-136. WALLOWING. Greek. _... [ Continue Reading ]