2 Peter 2:3
And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2And many shall follow their destructions, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euil spoken of,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.
Psalms 18:44As soone as they heare, they shall obey me: the strangers shall be in subiection to me.
Psalms 81:15The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.
Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquitie shalbe vnto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an hie wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly in a moment.
Isaiah 60:22A litle one shall become as a thousande, and a small one as a strong nation: I the Lord wil hasten it in due time.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I giue their wiues vnto others, and their fieldes to them that shall possesse them: for euery one from the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, euery one dealeth falsely.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:2-7
False Prophets and Corrupt Leaders. ( a. d. 67.) 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you— I. In the end of the former chapter there is… Read the whole commentary →