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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-8

MISCHIEF-MAKERS AND MISCHIEF-MAKINGCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESTHE subject treated in this chapter is the mischievous influence of corrupting doctrine. And false doctrine is constantly treated in the New Treatment in view of the immoral associations which always attended it, as with the idolatries of older days. True doctrine works for righteousness; false doctrine works for licence. True prophets had been referred to in 2 Peter 1:21, and they suggest warnings against false prophets, and false... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Peter 2:9-22

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES2 Peter 2:10. Despise government.—Dominion. Both self-restraint and restraint of good rules and wise authorities. Those who own no superior. Evil of dignities.—Lit. “They tremble not while railing at glories.” “These men deny the existence of, or irreverently speak slightingly of, those spiritual agencies by means of which God conducts the government of the world.”2 Peter 2:11. Angels.—See Jude, 2 Peter 2:9. Allusion is evidently to some tradition which has not been... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

2 Peter 2:4 We get but few glimpses into other worlds. What we have seen of them suggests that their moral history strongly resembles our own. Sin and suffering, holiness and joy these seem to be the words which measure all moral development, and describe all moral conditions. I. Angels sinned: then (1) earthly circumstances are not the cause of rebellion; (2) the flesh is not the only occasion of sin; (3) nearness to God is not inviolable safety. II. "God spared not," etc.: then (1)... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:6

2 Peter 2:6 I. Our text shows that God's severity on sin is an awful fact. St. Peter points (1) to the vengeance He executed on the sinning angels. Every argument which can be applied against the ultimate punishment of men applies with equal force against the punishment of the sinful angels. (2) To the destruction that fell upon the old world. It has been computed that the population of the world at that time was as great as now, owing to the longevity of the race; and yet the waters rose until... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Peter 2:4-9

DISCOURSE: 2424GOD THE PUNISHER OF SIN2 Peter 2:4-9. 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; and 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; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Peter 2:5

world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Peter 2:12

natural brute beasts natural animals without reason. Jude 1:10. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Peter 2:15

Balaam Balaam. (See Scofield " :-") was the typical hireling prophet, anxious only to make a market of his gift. This is the "way" of Balaam. See the "error" of Balaam, See Scofield " :-" and the "doctrine" of Balaam, See Scofield " :-". read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Peter 2:4

Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1820) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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." 2 Peter 2:4 . THESE ARE ANCIENT THINGS." Most men hunger after... read more

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