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2 Peter 2:3

2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And through covetousness;.... Which is generally a prevailing vice among false teachers, they having no other end in view than themselves; either to gain popular applause and vain glory, which they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And through covetousness - This shows what one of the things was by which they were influenced - a thing which, like licentiousness, usually exerts a powerful influence over the teachers of error. The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And through covetousness - That they might get money to spend upon their lusts, with feigned words, πλαστοις λογοις, with counterfeit tales, false narrations, of pretended facts, lying miracles,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Peter 2:3-6

Men are apt to think that a reprieve is the forerunner of a pardon, and that if judgment be not speedily executed it is, or will be, certainly reversed. But the apostle tells us that how successful…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you Better, in or with covetousness. The adjective for "feigned" is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. This greed of gain,…