2 Peter 2

Treated in 13 passages across the library.

  • 2:9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment; 3
  • 2:1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2
  • 2:4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 2
  • 2:22 It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. 2
  • 2:3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. 1
  • 2:7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked 1
  • 2:17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. 1
  • 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 1

American Standard Version

  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites 2 Pet. ii. 20

    …ed the pollutions that are in the world, through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,” 2 Pet. ii. 20: but having got an acquaintance with the doctrine of the gospel, and being weary of duty,…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites 2 Pet. ii. 7

    …gs to heart. Lot’s righteous soul was “vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked” (2 Pet. ii. 7). The sins of Sodom were as so many spears to pierce his soul. How far are they from lovi…

  3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites 2 Peter ii. 4

    …on’t come; life is freely offered to you but if you will not accept it, you must perish.” 2 Peter ii. 4‒6, 9; Luke xiii. 3, show how the “good” God deals with persons who persist in sin. Someti…

  4. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites 2 Peter ii. 4

    …racter that it would be better for him upon whom it is visited if he had never been born. 2 Peter ii. 4; Jude 6, show that hell is not a place where the inhabitants cease to exist, but where th…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 2 Pet 2: 9

    …ons. ‘The Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and to reserve the unjust to be punished.’ 2 Pet 2: 9. A sinner may be delivered from dangerous sickness, and out of prison; but all this is bu…

  6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    III. It is no sign that affections are truly gracious affections, or that they are not, that they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion cites 2 Pet. 2:17

    …d about of winds," Jude ver. 4 and 12. And the apostle Peter, speaking of the same, says, 2 Pet. 2:17, "These are clouds without water, carried with a tempest." False affections, if they are …

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Mystery of Iniquity cites 2 Pet. 2:1

    …me of them were “bringing in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them:” (2 Pet. 2:1.) And “many followed their pernicious ways;” of whom the Apostle gives that terrible char…

  8. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Preface cites 2 Pet. ii. 3

    … damnation slumbereth not,” you linger, “but your judgment this long time lingereth not,” 2 Pet. ii. 3, 4, 5. to which “you are reserved for punishment,” 2 Pet. ii. 8, 9.—O that you were wise …

  9. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites 2 Pet. 2:22

    …g is turned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2 Pet. 2:22. Faithful: These are my fears of him too; but who can hinder that which will be? Christia…

  10. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites 2 Pet. 2:9

    …good providence than by his endeavor that they missed of that good thing. 2 Tim. 1:12-14; 2 Pet. 2:9. Hopeful: But it must needs be a comfort to him they got not this jewel from him. Christi…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites 2 Pet 2: 1

    …ng you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, denying the Lord that bought them.’ 2 Pet 2: 1. [3] That infect souls by their scandalous lives. ‘Let the priests which come near to the…

  12. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites 2 Pet 2: 9

    … day of judgement to be punished, but chiefly them that walk in the lust of uncleanness.’ 2 Pet 2: 9, 10. The harlot’s breast keeps from Abraham’s bosom. Momentaneum est quod delectat, auter…

  13. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Tenth Stage cites 2 Pet. 2:22

    …s up all; and so it is true which is written, “The dog is turned to his own vomit again.” 2 Pet. 2:22. Thus, I say, being hot for heaven, by virtue only of the sense and fear of the torments …