2 Thessalonians 1:7; Daniel 6:22; Jude 1:9; Psalms 103:20; Psalms 104:4
Whereas angels - The object, by the reference to angels here, is to show that they, even when manifesting the greatest zeal in a righteous cause,...
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...
which are . though being. power . App-172. might . App-172. Compare Psalms 103:20 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 . railing . Greek. blasphemos, as...
11. Whereas angels. He hence shews their rash arrogance, because they dared to assume more liberty than even angels. But it seems strange th...
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. Whereas angels, etc. - This is a dif...
Whereas angels— It is a rule of interpretation, that the plainer and larger account of any thing should be taken, to explain that which is more bri...
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. Which are - though they are....
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 th...
Comparison with Judges 1:9 would suggest that the Apostle is here too referring to an apocryphal book, but if we did not know that Epistle we shoul...
Whereas angels. — Literally, Where angels — i.e., in circumstances in which angels. This verse, if it refers to the same incident as Jude 1:9 ,...
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 charact...
Doom and Deliverance 2 Peter 2:1-11 Already the early Church was threatened with destructive heresies introduced by men who desired only their...
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...
"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...
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might ,.... Which is not to be understood of evil angels, or devils; for, besides that they are great...
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. Ver. 11. Which are greater in po...
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh Their corrupt nature; particularly in the lusts of uncleanness Which are especially detestable in the...
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...
False Teachers. A. D. 67. 10 But chiefly t...
Angels; good angels, Judges 1:9 . Greater; either greater than these audacious false teachers, or else greater than the forementioned dignitie...
‘But chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at digniti...
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 o...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 2 Peter 2:10 . Despise government .—Dominion. Both self-restraint and restraint of good rules and wise authorities...
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 wer...
EXPOSITION 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people; rather, as in the Revised Version, but there arose false pr...
A further characterization of the false teachers:
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
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 thin...
Whereas angels — When they appear before the Lord, Job 1:6 , Job 2:1 , to give an account of what they have seen and done on the earth.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against themc before the Lord.