2 Peter 2:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; ”

2 Peter 2:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which have forsaken the right way - The straight path of honesty and integrity. Religion is often represented as a straight path, and to do wrong is to go out of that path in a crooked way. Fo...
2 Peter 2:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The sins of the false teachers are now described licentiousness ( 2 Peter 2:10 ), audacious blasphemy ( 2 Peter 2:10-12 ), open profligacy ( 2 Peter 2:13 ), and covetousness like that of Balaam ( 2 P...
2 Peter 2:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 .
2 Peter 2:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As he has hitherto referred to the injury they did by the example of a perverse and corrupt life, so he again repeats, that they spread by their teaching the deadly poison of impiety, in order...
2 Peter 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; Which have forsaken the right way - As Balaam did, who,...
2 Peter 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which have forsaken the right way,— It is called the way of righteousness, 2 Peter 2:21 which leads to happiness; but turning aside to error and vice, is wandering out of the way into forbidden...
2 Peter 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; Have. Some seducers are spoken of as already c...
2 Peter 2:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 i...
2 Peter 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The right way . — (Comp. Acts 13:10 .) In the Shepherd of Hermas (I. Vis. III. vii. 1) we have “Who have believed indeed, but through their doubting have forsaken their true way.” (See Notes...
2 Peter 2:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 "BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM" 2 Peter 2:10-16 THE Apostle now pictures in the darkest colors the evil-doing and evil character of those who are bringing into the Churches the...
2 Peter 2:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Dark Way of Animalism 2 Peter 2:12-22 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 a...
2 Peter 2:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 prophe...
2 Peter 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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 unclea...
2 Peter 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which have forsaken the right way ,.... The right way of the Lord, the way of truth, the Gospel of truth; or Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life; the true way to eternal life, and which...
2 Peter 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; Ver. 15. The wages of unrighteousness ] The mammon...
2 Peter 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Which have forsaken the right Ευθειαν, straight; way The way of truth and integrity, and are gone astray Have wandered in dangerous and destructive paths; following the way of Balaam the son o...
2 Peter 2:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 p...
2 Peter 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

False Teachers. A. D. 67. 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncle...
2 Peter 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The right way; the way of truth, 2 Peter 2:2 , i.e. the way of faith and holiness, which is the only right way to happiness. Are gone astray; into the by-paths of error. There is but one rig...
2 Peter 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter's Indictment Of The False Preachers ( 2 Peter 2:10-19 ). Peter accuses the false teachers, who are in total contrast to Noah and Lot, both of whom had had connections with angelic beings in...
2 Peter 2:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 .—...
2 Peter 2:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Balaam Balaam ( See Scofield) - ( Numbers 22:5 ) was the typical hireling prophet, anxious only to make a market of his gift. This is the "way" of Balaam. See the "error" of Balaam,...
2 Peter 2:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ye...
2 Peter 2:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Following the way of Balaam. Balaam I. We begin with the good part of the character of Balaam. Balaam was a true prophet of God. He was the last prophet under the patriarchal dispensation. He h...
2 Peter 2:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 s...
2 Peter 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
2 Peter 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:18 ; 1 Kings 19:10 ; 1 Samuel 12:23 ; Acts 1:18 ; Acts 13:10 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Deuteronomy 23:5 ; Ezekiel 9:10 ; Hosea 14:8 ; Jude 1:11 ; Micah 6:5 ; Numbers 22:18-21 ; Num...
2 Peter 2:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Timely Warnings 2 Peter 2:1-22 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...
2 Peter 2:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The way of Balaam the son of Bosor — So the Chaldeans pronounced what the Jews termed Beor; namely, the way of covetousness. Who loved — Earnestly desired, though he did not dare to take, the rewar...

2 Peter 2:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 2:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 2:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Peter 2:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 2:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 2:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes