Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:21
‘For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.’ And the sad thing for many of these people was that just as they were learning about the way of righteousness, and about Christ’s holy teaching, and were almost ready for full response, they were being turned back from it into the ways of these false teachers. And the same was true for the false teachers themselves. They too had been... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:20-22
All Need To Consider What Following This Teaching Involves (2 Peter 2:20-22 ). It is often debated as to whether these following verses are spoken about the false teachers, or about both them and their followers. Certainly Revelation 2:22 would suggest the latter. And this would seem to be confirmed by the reference in 2 Peter 2:18 to those who having recently been rescued from the world of sin and corruption are in danger of returning to it under false colours. Thus this would seem to be a... read more