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FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN DWELLING AMONG THEM - The Latin Vulgate renders
this, “For in seeing and hearing he was just;” meaning that he
maintained his uprightness, or that he did not become contaminated...
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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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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.
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_for that righteous man_ Literally, THE righteous man. We note the use
of the term in this half-generic, half-individual, way as analogous to
that of James 5:6.
_vexed his righteous soul_ Literally, T...
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A parenthesis, telling why Lot needed deliverance.
ΔΊΚΑΙΟΣ is preceded by the article ὁ in all MSS. except B.
Westcott and Hort follow B. Some difference in rendering is entailed;
omitting ὁ we transl...
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ΒΛΈΜΜΑ (G990) видение. Это слово имеет
общее субъективное значение, в глазах
проявляются внутренние чувства
человека, и их видят окружающие.
"Праведность человека видна из его
реакции на то, что он ви...
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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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VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL— The word 'Εβασανιζεν signifies
the torment of the rack. It is here used as a strong figure whereby to
express the unspeakable grief and anguish of mind of the righteous, at
t...
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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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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
VEXED, [ ebasanizen (G928)] - 'tormented.'...
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VERSE 8. FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN.
Lot was vexed. He was distressed every day he lived with the people of
those cities by what he saw and heard of their evil deeds. He was
righteous, and hence saved. "A...
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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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2:8 dwelling (h-9) Or 'settling down.' it has a strengthening
preposition....
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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 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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FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN. — This epithet, here thrice given to Lot,
seems at first sight to be at variance with his willingness to remain,
for the sake of worldly advantages, in the midst of such wicked...
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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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βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ. Two interpretations are
possible (1) Instrumental dative after ἐβασάνιζεν. “He
vexed his righteous soul by what he saw and heard.” The objections
are (_a_) the long interval tha...
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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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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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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in (g) seeing and
hearing, (h) vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their]
unlawful deeds;)
(g) Whatever way he looked, and turned his ears....
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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 WARNING FROM LOT_
‘Lot … dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his
righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds.’
2 Peter 2:8
The story of Lot is well known. What are i...
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8._In seeing and hearing. _The common explanation is, that Lot was
just in his eyes and ears, because all his senses abhorred the crimes
of Sodom. However, another view may be taken of his _seeing and...
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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 THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN DWELLING AMONG THEM,.... Which is sometimes the
lot of good men, to their great sorrow and grief, Psalms 120:5. Upon
mentioning those words in Genesis 13:12 "and pitched his ten...
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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed _his_ righteous soul from day to day with _their_ unlawful
deeds;)
Ver. 8. _In seeing and hearing_] Every sinful Sodomite was...
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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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When a professing Christian for worldly purposes becomes intimately
connected with the wicked, he may expect them to be occasions of
vexation and sorrow, if they do not prove the means of his ruin....
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Examples from History:...
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(FAR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN, DWELLING AMONG THEM, IN SEEING AND HEARING,
VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL FROM DAY TO DAY WITH THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS;)...
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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 2:8 ‘(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man,
while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after
day with their lawless deeds),'_
Point to Note:
What. verse!. ver...
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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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SEEING AND HEARING: their wickedness was so open and shameless, that
he not only heard the report of it, but saw them commit it, ISAIAH
3:9. VEXED; Greek, tormented, i.e. extremely afflicted and troub...
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2 Peter 2:8 for G1063 man G1342 dwelling G1460 (G5723) among G1722
them G846 tormented G928 (G5707) righteous...
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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 2:8. FOR BY SIGHT AND HEARING THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN, DWELLING
AMONG THEM FROM DAY TO DAY, TORTURED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL WITH THEIR
UNLAWFUL DEEDS. A parenthetical explanation of how it was that Lot...
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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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FOR
(γαρ). Parenthetical explanation in verse 2 Peter 2:8 of the remark
about Lot.DWELLING
(ενκατοικων). Present active participle of
ενκατοικεω, old but rare double compound, here only in
N.T.IN...
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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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THAT GOOD MAN. _MacKnight_ says: "Lot dwelled sixteen years in Sodom
after he parted with Abraham; which was A long space of severe trial.
Doubtless Lot, who was so exceedingly grieved with the lewdne...
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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 Timothy 1:9; Ezekiel 9:4; Ezekiel 9:6; James 5:16; Malachi 3:15;...
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Dwelling [ε γ κ α τ ο ι κ ω ν]. Only here in New Testament.
Dwelling, and therefore suffering continually, from day to day.
In seeing [β λ ε μ μ α τ ι]. Only here in New Testament.
Usually of the loo...
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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...