But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Ver. 8. But unto them that are contentious] That wrangle and thwartle against clearest truths, searching the devil's skull for carnal arguments, as those Athenians,Acts 17:16,21; being refractory as Pharaoh, who would not sit down under the miracle, but sent for the magicians. And though the word doth eat up all they say, as Moses's rod did, yet harden they their hearts, as Pharaoh, and resolve to curse, as Balaam, whatever come of it. These are those contentious ones, εξ εριθειας .