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2 Peter 2:2-3 KJV
2 Peter · chapter 2 · verses 2–3
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.2 Peter 2:2-3 · King James Version
2 Peter 2:2-3 in context
1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- covetousnesspleonexiagreedy desire to have more, covetousness, avariceG4124 →
- merchandiseemporeuomaito go a trading, to travel for business, to traffic, trade, of a thing, to import for…G1710 →
- slumberethnystazōto nod in sleep, to sleep, to be overcome or oppressed with sleep, to fall asleep, drop…G3573 →
- judgmentkrimaa decree, judgments, judgment, condemnation of wrong, the decision which one passes on…G2917 →
- throughenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- wordslogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- manypolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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I. In the end of the former chapter there is mention made of holy men of God, who lived in the times of the Old Testament, and were used as the amanuenses of the Holy Ghost, in writing the sacred oracles;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2