2 Peter 2:2

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,…

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…

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…

I. In the end of the former chapter there is mention made of holy men of God, who lived in the times of the Old Testament, and were used as the amanuenses of the Holy Ghost, in writing the sacred…

And many shall follow their pernicious ways Better, their lasciviousnesses. The word is the same as in Mar 7:22, Rom 13:13, 1Pe 4:3, and elsewhere; and the English version loses the distinctive…