2 Peter 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were cleane escaped from them who live in error. ”

2 Peter 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 (...
2 Peter 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. They speak grea...
2 Peter 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 e...
2 Peter 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, х...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 25 ALTOGETHER BECOME ABOMINABLE 2 Peter 2:17-22 THE Apostle now describes these traitors to the cause of Christ under another aspect. They proffer themselves as guides and teachers. As...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Gr...
2 Peter 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 d...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 t...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences:
2 Peter 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:4 ; 2 Peter 2:20 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Acts 2:40 ; Acts 8:9 ; Daniel 11:36 ; Daniel 4:30 ; James 5:5 ; Jude 1:13 ; Jude 1:15 ; Jude 1:16 ; Psalms 52:1-3 ; Psalms 73:8 ; Psal...
2 Peter 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 s...

2 Peter 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 2:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes