2 Peter 2:3

2 Peter 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

Context of 2 Peter 2:3

1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness they shall with deceptive words exploit you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. 4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

2 Peter 2:3 word by word

καὶ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται, οἷς τὸ κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει.¶Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• throughἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• covetousnessπλεονεξίαpleonexia · greedinessG4124
• deceptiveπλαστόςplastos · made-upG4112
• wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• exploitἐμπορεύομαιemporeuomai · to traffic inG1710
• youὑμᾶςhumas · youG5209
• whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• judgmentκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
• timeἔκπαλαιekpalai · of oldG1597
• lingerethἀργέωargeō · be idleG691
• notοὐou · noG3756
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• destructionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
• slumberethνυστάζωnustazō · to dozeG3573

Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:3

• 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have an heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• Isaiah 56:11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
• Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.
• Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them : for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.
• Ezekiel 13:19And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
• Micah 3:11Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
• Malachi 1:10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought ? neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
• Romans 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own body; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the innocent.
• 2 Corinthians 12:17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?
• 1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• 1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• 1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but from a ready mind;
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.
• 2 Peter 1:16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
• Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
• Psalms 66:3Say to God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thy enemies submit themselves to thee.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And through covetousness - That they might get money to spend upon their lusts, with feigned words, , with counterfeit tales, false narrations, of pretended facts, lying miracles, fabulous legends. "In this single sentence," says Dr. Macknight, "there is a clear prediction of the iniquitous practices of those great merchants of souls, the Romish clergy, who have rated all crimes, even the most atrocious, at a fixed price; so that if their doctrine be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And 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 religious principle is the strongest that is implanted in the human bosom: and men who can obtain a livelihood in no other way, or who are too unprincipled or too indolent to labor for an honest living, often turn public teachers of religion, and adopt the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Along with the true prophets, there have always been false prophets, and God brings judgment on the (1:20–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. through, &c.--Greek, "IN covetousness" as their element (2Pe 2:14, end). Contrast 2Co 11:20; 12:17. of a long time--in God's eternal purpose. "Before of old ordained to condemnation" (Jude 4). lingereth not--though sinners think it lingers; "is not idle." damnation--Greek, "destruction" (see on 2Pe 2:1). Personified. slumbereth not--though sinners slumber.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 2:3

• Affections
• Covetousness
• Doctrines
• Hypocrisy
• Minister, Christian
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Damnable
• Perish
• Privily
• Railing
• Reserve
• Riot
• Swift
• Wantonness
• Damn; Damnation; Damnable

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings