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THE MESSAGE
2 Peter 2:2
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Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.
And many shall follow their pernicious wayes, by reason of whom the way of trueth shall be euill spoken of:
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
Many will follow their indecent behavior, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;
Many will follow their evil ways and say evil things about the way of truth.
Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way.
Many will follow their debaucheries; and because of them, the true Way will be maligned.
and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
Many people will follow them in the morally wrong things they do. And because of them, others will say bad things about the way of truth we follow.
And many shall folow their destructions, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euil spoken of,
Many will follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Even so, many will follow their immoral ways; and because of what they do, others will speak evil of the Way of truth.
And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.
And many will follow their destructive ways, by whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
Many will follow their destructive ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
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And many will go after their wickedness; they, on account of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
And many will go after their profaneness; on account of whom, the way of truth will be reproached.
And many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euyll spoken of:
And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
Many will follow their destructive ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
And many will follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.
And many schulen sue her letcheries, bi whiche the weie of treuthe schal be blasfemyd;
And many shall follow their sexual immorality; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
And many will follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth will be evil spoken of.
And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
Many people will follow their wrong ways. Because of what they do, people will speak bad things against the way of truth.
Even so, many will follow their licentious ways, and because of these teachers the way of truth will be maligned.
And, many, will follow out their wanton ways, - by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,
And many shall follow their riotousness, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.
and many shall folowe their damnable wayes by which the waye of trueth shalbe evyll spoken of
and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
and many shal folowe their damnable wayes, by who the waye of the trueth shal be euell spoke of:
many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd.
There will be many a cowboy who will leave the narrow trail and follow the immoral highway. Their lives will seem so much better on the outside, therefore many will shun the authentic cowboy way.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
many: Matthew 24:10-13, Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22, 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:19, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:14
pernicious ways: or, lascivious ways, as some copies read, by reason. Romans 2:24, 1 Timothy 5:14, Titus 2:5, Titus 2:8
ways: 2 Peter 2:15, 2 Peter 2:21, Psalms 18:21, Isaiah 35:8, Jeremiah 6:16, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 22:16, Mark 12:14, John 14:6, Acts 13:10, Acts 16:17, Acts 18:26, Acts 19:9, Acts 24:14
evil: 2 Peter 2:12, Acts 14:2, 1 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10, Jude 1:15
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:44 - utterly unclean Deuteronomy 31:29 - corrupt yourselves Ezra 4:2 - Let us Proverbs 19:27 - General Jeremiah 5:31 - prophets Jeremiah 23:14 - in the Jeremiah 29:8 - your dreams Jeremiah 44:15 - all the Ezekiel 12:24 - General Ezekiel 13:19 - for handfuls Matthew 13:41 - and they Matthew 18:7 - unto Mark 9:42 - offend Acts 5:36 - to whom Acts 8:10 - they Romans 16:17 - cause 1 Corinthians 11:19 - there 1 Corinthians 15:33 - evil Galatians 2:4 - unawares 1 Timothy 5:15 - General 2 Timothy 2:16 - for Titus 1:10 - there Hebrews 12:15 - and thereby James 3:6 - a world 1 Peter 4:14 - on 1 John 4:5 - and
Cross-References
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
"Work for six days and rest the seventh so your ox and donkey may rest and your servant and migrant workers may have time to get their needed rest.
"If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don't use my holy day for personal advantage, If you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God 's holy day as a celebration, If you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,' making money, running here and there— Then you'll be free to enjoy God ! Oh, I'll make you ride high and soar above it all. I'll make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob." Yes! God says so!
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."
When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. But not if we don't have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work," but in this other text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear... And so this is still a live promise. It wasn't canceled at the time of Joshua; otherwise, God wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." The promise of "arrival" and "rest" is still there for God's people. God himself is at rest. And at the end of the journey we'll surely rest with God. So let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience. God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what. Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And many shall follow their pernicious ways,.... Their principles and their practices, which lead to destruction, The Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, and six copies of Beza's, and others, read "their lasciviousnesses"; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "their luxuries"; and all the Oriental versions seem to have read in like manner. The Syriac version renders it, "their impurity"; and the Arabic version, "their unchastities"; and the Ethiopic version, "their lust"; and which seems to have respect to the impure conversation of the followers of Simon Magus, the Nicolaitans, the Gnostics, Carpocratians, and others, who indulged themselves in all unnatural lusts and uncleanness; and generally, when men make shipwreck of faith, they also do of a good conscience, and become immoral in their conversations; and yet, as destructive as their principles, and as dishonourable and scandalous as their practices be, many were, and are their followers; so it was foretold by Christ, Matthew 24:11, and so it has been, Revelation 13:3. The road both of error and wickedness is a broad one, in which many walk; and a multitude is no proof of the truth of a church or of the principles of men, nor to be followed:
by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of; that is, either Christ, who is truth itself, and the true way to eternal life and happiness; or the Gospel, the word of truth, which holds forth Christ the truth, and points to him, and every other truth, and nothing but truth; or the Christian religion, which is the true way, in opposition to all sects and heresies; and is what should be blasphemed and spoken against, either by these men or their followers; for the phrase may be rendered, "by whom", as it is in the Vulgate Latin version, and the meaning be, that they should, in a blasphemous way, speak and write against Christ and his truths, reproach and revile them, and in a virulent manner oppose them, and trample them under foot: "or for the sake of them", as other versions read; and as we do; "by reason of them"; they should be the occasion, by their impure lives, of the name of Christ, and his doctrines, being blasphemed by profane and irreligious men; see Romans 2:24. The Alexandrian copy, and one of Stephens's, read "the glory of truth"; and so the Ethiopic version, "the glory of his truth".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And many shall follow their pernicious ways - Margin: “lascivious.” A large number of manuscripts and versions read “lascivious” here - ἀσελγείαις aselgeiais - instead of “pernicious” - ἀπωλείαις apōleiais (see Wetstein), and this reading is adopted in the editions of the Greek Testament by Tittman, Griesbach, and Hahn, and it seems probable that this is the correct reading. This will agree well with the account elsewhere given of these teachers, that their doctrines tended to licentiousness, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:18-19. It is a very remarkable circumstance, that those who have denied the essential doctrines of the gospel have been so frequently licentious in their own conduct, and have inculcated opinions which tended to licentiousness. Many of the forms of religious error have somehow had a connection with this vice. People who are corrupt at heart often seek to obtain the sanction of religion for their corruptions.
By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of -
(1)Because they were professors of religion, and religion would seem to be held responsible for their conduct; and,
(2)Because they were professed teachers of religion, and, by many, would be understood as expounding the true doctrines of the gospel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Peter 2:2. Many shall follow — WILL follow, because determined to gratify their sinful propensities.
Pernicious ways — ταις απωλειαις. Their destructions; i.e. the heresies of destruction, or destructive opinions, mentioned above. But instead of απωλειαις, destructions, ασελγειαις, lasciviousnesses or uncleannesses, is the reading of ABC, and upwards of sixty others, most of which are among the most ancient, correct, and authentic. This is the reading also of both the Syriac, all the Arabic, the Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Slavonic, Vulgate, Chrysostom, Theophylact, OEcumenius, and Jerome. A very few, and those of little repute, have the word in the text.
The word lasciviousnesses is undoubtedly the true reading, and this points out what the nature of the heresies was: it was a sort of Antinomianism; they pampered and indulged the lusts of the flesh; and, if the Nicolaitans are meant, it is very applicable to them, for they taught the community of wives, c. Griesbach has received this reading into the text.
By reason of whom — These were persons who professed Christianity and because they were called Christians, and followed such abominable practices, the way of truth-the Christian religion, βλασφημηθησεται, was blasphemed. Had they called themselves by any name but that of Christ, his religion would not have suffered.
