2 Peter 2:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. ”

2 Peter 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

While they promise them liberty - True religion always promises and produces liberty (see the notes at John 8:36 ), but the particular liberty which these persons seem to have promised, was free...
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 "a...
2 Peter 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. While they promise them liberty. He shews their inconsistency, that they falsely promised liberty, while they themselves served sin, and were in the worst bondage; for no one can give wh...
2 Peter 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. While they promise them liberty - Either to live...
2 Peter 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

While they promise them liberty,— Nothing is more sweet or desirable than liberty; and therefore in order to allure men to become their disciples, they promised them liberty: by which they mean...
2 Peter 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. Promise them liberty - instances of their...
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Promise them liberty. — A specimen of the “great swelling words” — loud, high-sounding talk about liberty. The doctrines of Simon Magus, as reported by Irenæus (I., chap. xxiii. 3) and by Hippolytu...
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

While they promise them liberty ,.... Not Christian liberty, which lies in a freedom from sin, its dominion, guilt, and condemnation, and in serving God with liberty, cheerfulness, and without fear;...
2 Peter 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. Ver. 19. Promise them liberty ] As Mahometism...
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

While they promise them liberty; liberty for their lusts, and so from the yoke of the Divine law. They abused the name of Christian liberty, and extended it to licentiousness. They themselves are...
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences:
2 Peter 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:16 ; 2 Peter 2:20 ; 2 Timothy 2:26 ; Galatians 5:1 ; Galatians 5:13 ; Isaiah 28:1 ; Jeremiah 23:9 ; John 8:34 ; Romans 6:12-14 ; Romans 6:16-22 ; Titus 3:3
2 Peter 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

While they promise them liberty — From needless restraints and scruples; from the bondage of the law. Themselves are slaves of corruption — Even sin, the vilest of all bondage.

2 Peter 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Peter 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Peter 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Peter 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Peter 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Peter 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Peter 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Peter 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes