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The angels that sinned. —Better, the angels for their sin: it gives the reason why they were not spared, and points to some definite sin. What sin is meant?
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(3) And through covetousness. —Better, In covetousness. This...
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In the OT, springs were an image of salvation (Isa 41:18; Jer 2:13), but what the false teachers promote instead is the path to destruction, and their eternal condemnation is certain (cf. 2:4). Peter returns to fishing imagery (cf. 2:14) and highlights two forms of bait these false teachers use.
The design of this second epistle is the same with that of the former, as is evident from the 2 Pet. 3:1; whence observe that, in the things of God, we have need of precept upon precept, and line upon line, and all little enough to keep them in remembrance; and yet these are the things which should be most faithfully recorded and frequently ...
David Guzik commentary on 2 Peter 2, in which Peter talks about the presence and work of false teachers in the church and God's sovereignty over them.
What does 2 Peter 2:4 mean? Peter has just affirmed that the false teachers in the church will, ultimately, be condemned and destroyed by God. Here, he begins a series of "if" statements to make the case that God does indeed bring judgment upon those who rebel against Him.
Note also in respect to this how it is emphasised that both the past destruction of the Flood and the coming destruction by fire will affect ‘the heavens' as well as the earth (2 Peter 3:5; 2 Peter 3:7). · Noah and the Flood of water that destroyed the earth (2 Peter 2:5 compare Genesis 6:5 to Genesis 8:22). Note also in respect to this 2 ...
17 Ιουν 1998 · Read Introduction to 2 Peter. “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.”. Chapter two is in the minor key. It tells the dark tale of apostasy.
