2 Peter 2:20

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Peter 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world - This does not necessarily mean that they had been true Christians, and had fallen fr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled t...
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 l...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. For if after. He again shews how pernicious was the sect which led men consecrated to God back again to their old filth and the corrupti...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled there...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For if after they have escaped, &c.— For inasmuch as having escaped. See on 2 Peter 2:4 . The pollutions of the world, were idolatry, super...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 suc...
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 th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled there...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For if after they The persons here spoken of as deluded; have escaped the pollutions of the world The sins which pollute those who know not God;...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The pollutions of the world; those more gross wickednesses in which most of the world still lieth, 1 John 5:19 . Through the knowledge of the L...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The spiritual slavery of the false teachers and its consequences:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For if after they — Who are thus ensnared. Have escaped the pollutions of the world — The sins which pollute all who know not God. Through the know...

²⁰ For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Related Commentaries of 2 Peter 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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