Tree of Life Version
2 Peter 2:10
10especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings;
2 Peter 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
- New International Version (NIV)This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;
- English Standard Version (ESV)and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
- New King James Version (NKJV)and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
Context of 2 Peter 2:10
8(For that righteous man, while living among them, was tormented in his righteous soul day after day by lawless deeds he saw and heard.) 9Therefore the Lord certainly knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and how to keep the unrighteous being punished until the Day of Judgment— especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings; 11yet even angels, though stronger and more powerful, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord. 12But these people are like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be captured and killed. They malign what they don’t understand, and in their destruction they will be utterly destroyed.
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μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας. τολμηταί, αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- chieflyμάλισταmalista · especiallyG3122
- them that walkπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
- afterὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
- the fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the lustἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
- of uncleannessμιασμόςmiasmos · defilementG3394
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- despiseκαταφρονέωkataphroneō · to despiseG2706
- governmentκυριότηςkuriotēs · lordshipG2963
- Presumptuousτολμητήςtolmētēs · bold manG5113
- selfwilledαὐθάδηςauthadēs · self-willedG829
- they areτρέμωtremō · to trembleG5141
- notοὐou · noG3756
- to speak evil ofβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
- dignitiesδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:10
- Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah Yeshua.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the evil desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies with one another.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, those who practice homosexuality,
- Ephesians 4:19Since they are past feeling, they have turned themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of immorality, with greed for more.
- Ephesians 5:5Know for certain that no immoral, indecent, or greedy person—who is really an idol worshipper at heart—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and God.
- Colossians 3:5Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness.
- Jude 1:4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
- Numbers 16:12Then Moses sent word to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!
- Deuteronomy 17:12The man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the kohen who stands to serve there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, that man must die. So you are to purge the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 21:20They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious—he does not listen to our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’
- 1 Samuel 10:27But certain worthless men said, “How can this one save us?” So they despised him and brought him no present. But he kept silent.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
- 1 Kings 12:16But when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king saying: “What share have we in David? No inheritance in Jesse’s son! To your tents, O Israel! Now look at your own house, David!” So the Israelites departed to their tents.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But chiefly them that walk - That is, God will in the most signal manner punish them that walk after the flesh - addict themselves to sodomitical practices, and the lust of pollution; probably alluding to those most abominable practices where men abuse themselves and abuse one another. Despise government - They brave the power and authority of the civil magistrate, practising their abominations so as to keep out of the reach of the letter of the law; and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But chiefly - That is, it may be presumed that the principles just laid down would be applicable in an eminent degree to such persons as he proceeds to designate. That walk after the flesh - That live for the indulgence of their carnal appetites. Notes, Romans 8:1. In the lust of uncleanness - In polluted pleasures. Compare the notes at 2 Peter 2:2. And despise government - Margin: “dominion.” That is, they regard all government in the state, the church…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Impure seducers and their abandoned followers, give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ, they act against God's righteous precepts. They walk after the flesh, they go on in sinful courses, and increase to greater degrees of impurity and wickedness. They also despise those whom God has set in authority over them, and requires them to honour. Outward temporal good things are the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The corrupt desires of the flesh: This refers to any kind of illicit sexual desire. It may also include homosexual behavior, since Peter mentions Sodom and Gomorrah (2:6). The false teachers were very arrogant. They refused to listen to any authority except their own.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. chiefly--They especially will be punished (Jude 8). after--following after. lust of uncleanness--defilement: "hankering after polluting and unlawful use of the flesh" [Alford]. government--Greek, "lordship," "dominion" (Jude 8). Presumptuous--Greek, "Darers." Self-will begets presumption. Presumptuously daring. are not afraid--though they are so insignificant in might; Greek, "tremble not" (Jude 8, end). speak evil of--Greek, "blaspheme."…Read the comment
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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
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