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 "great swelling words" (2 Peter 2:18). The liberty which they propose is such as fears not Satan, nor loathes the flesh. Pauline language, adopted by Peter: cf. John 8:34; Romans 6:16-22; Romans 8:15; Romans 8:21; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 5:13: cf. 1 Peter 2:16, note; cf. 2 Peter 3:15.
Corruption - note, 2 Peter 2:12. Of whom - `by whatever ... by the same,' etc.