2 Peter 2:3
And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And, many, will follow out their wanton ways,—by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner [or] the fatherless,—neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow;
Psalms 18:44At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me:
Psalms 81:15The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
Isaiah 30:13Therefore, shall this iniquity become to you As a breach ready to fall, A bulging in a high wall,—Whose breaking down cometh, suddenly in a twinkling.
Isaiah 60:22The little one, shall become a thousand, and the small one, a mighty nation: I—Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore, will I give—Their wives to others, Their fields to such as shall take possession of them, For from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet even unto the priest, Every 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 →