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2 Peter 2:4. For if — Or since, as ει γαρ may be here rendered; God spared not the angels that sinned — “The angels seem to have been placed originally in a state of trial. Those who stood are called in Scripture, the holy angels. The sin of the angels is spoken of likewise, John 8:44, and Jude, 2 Peter 2:6, as a thing well known ...
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(3) And through covetousness. —Better, In covetousness. This...
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i. “There were not only holy men of God among the Jews, who prophesied by divine inspiration, but there were also false prophets, whose prophecies were from their own imagination, and perverted many.” (Clarke) b. Who will secretly bring in destructive heresies: False teachers work secretly.
2:10-16 Impure seducers and their abandoned followers, give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ, they act against God's righteous precepts.
What does 2 Peter 2:4 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
Peter with this verse cited some historical examples of God’s judgment and condemnation of the wicked (noting also that the righteous were spared), these being: (1) the example of the sinning angels; (2) the case of Noah and his generation; (3) the example of Sodom and Gomorrah; and (4) the deliverance of Lot.
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.
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 ...
