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Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. <a href="/nlt/2_peter/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And through covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment of long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber. <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And in their greed they will exploit you with false words, their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way]. <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep. <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In their greed they will use good-sounding arguments to exploit you. The verdict against them from long ago is still in force, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake! <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed. <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction will not sleep. <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction is not asleep. <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering. <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And through covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment of long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber. <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber. <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And through covetousness, they will exploit you with feigned words: whose judgment from the very beginning has not ceased and their damnation is always active. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And by greed and fictitious accounts they will make profit among you, these whose judgment from the first has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and, with delusive words, they will, through covetousness, make gain of you: the condemnation, long ago denounced against these, delays not, and their destruction does not slumber.<CM> <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and in their covetousness they will sell you with their soft speeches: unto whom judgment from olden time tarries not, and their destruction does not slumber. <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And with plausible speeches will they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber. <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> By their artful discourses they will make you the tools of their avarice; but their condemnation has been a long time advancing, and their ruin is far from lingring. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, in covetousness, will they, with feigned words, make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not. <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and by artful speeches they will make sale of you for gain. Whose judgement is long since hastening, and their destruction doth not slumber. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=236" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …2Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. 3<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">In</a> <a href="/greek/4124.htm" title="4124: pleonexia (N-DFS) -- Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. fraudulency, extortion.">their greed,</a> <a href="/greek/1710.htm" title="1710: emporeusontai (V-FIM-3P) -- From en and poreuomai; to travel in, i.e. to trade.">these false teachers will exploit</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/4112.htm" title="4112: plastois (Adj-DMP) -- Formed, molded; fig: feigned, made up, counterfeit. From plasso; moulded, i.e. artificial or fictitious.">with deceptive</a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logois (N-DMP) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">words.</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/1597.htm" title="1597: ekpalai (Adv) -- From of old, long since. From ek and palai; long ago, for a long while.">longstanding</a> <a href="/greek/2917.htm" title="2917: krima (N-NNS) -- From krino; a decision (crime).">verdict</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hois (RelPro-DMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">against them</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/691.htm" title="691: argei (V-PIA-3S) -- To linger, delay, be idle. From argos; to be idle, i.e. to delay.">remains in force,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/684.htm" title="684: apōleia (N-NFS) -- Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss.">destruction</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">does not</a> <a href="/greek/3573.htm" title="3573: nystazei (V-PIA-3S) -- To nod in sleep, be drowsy, slumber. From a presumed derivative of neuo; to nod, i.e. to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay.">sleep.</a> 4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a> For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a> and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a> For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a> I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:5</a> As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/ezekiel/13-19.htm">Ezekiel 13:19</a> You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived. <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13</a> “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit. <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not.through.<a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14,15</a> Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: … <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Yea, 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.<a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13</a> For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.with.<a href="/2_peter/1-16.htm">2 Peter 1:16</a> For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.<a href="/psalms/18-44.htm">Psalm 18:44</a> As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.<a href="/psalms/66-3.htm">Psalm 66:3</a> Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.make.<a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17</a> Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:<a href="/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16</a> And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.<a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a> For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.whose.<a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1,9</a> 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… <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a> To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.<a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Isaiah 5:19</a> That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">Ago</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Asleep</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-15.htm">Business</a> <a href="/james/5-12.htm">Condemnation</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Covetousness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-12.htm">Damnation</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Deceptive</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-18.htm">Exploit</a> <a href="/luke/20-20.htm">Feigned</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-12.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-7.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Linger</a> <a href="/john/2-16.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-19.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/james/5-2.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Slumber</a> <a href="/psalms/121-4.htm">Slumbereth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">Slumbers</a> <a 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<a href="/3_john/1-10.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Judgement</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm">Linger</a> <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/revelation/3-17.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/job/33-15.htm">Slumber</a> <a href="/psalms/121-3.htm">Slumbereth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">Slumbers</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">Teachers</a> <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Thirsting</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/revelation/13-17.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/revelation/11-11.htm">Watching</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Words</a> <a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div 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Scripture, often associated with idolatry and a departure from God's will (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>). In the context of false teachers, greed indicates a self-serving motive that contrasts with the selflessness expected of true spiritual leaders (<a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-3</a>). The love of money is described as a root of all kinds of evil (<a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>), and here it drives the false teachers to exploit others.these false teachers False teachers are a significant concern in the New Testament, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> and <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a>. They often arise from within the church, distorting the truth for personal gain. The early church faced numerous heresies, such as Gnosticism, which denied the humanity of Christ and promoted secret knowledge. These teachers are contrasted with true apostles who faithfully transmit the teachings of Jesus.will exploit you with deceptive words. Exploitation through deception is a hallmark of false teaching. The Greek term for "exploit" suggests making merchandise of believers, treating them as commodities rather than souls. Deceptive words are crafted to sound plausible, often mixing truth with error, as seen in Satan's temptation of Eve (<a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3:1-5</a>). Believers are warned to test the spirits and hold fast to sound doctrine (1 <a href="/john/4.htm">John 4:1</a>, <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a>).The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, The "longstanding verdict" implies a divine judgment that has been established from ancient times. This echoes <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a>, where certain individuals are marked out for condemnation. The Old Testament provides examples of God's judgment on false prophets, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14-15</a>. God's justice is portrayed as unwavering and certain, reinforcing the idea that false teachers will not escape accountability.and their destruction does not sleep. The imagery of destruction not sleeping suggests an inevitable and active process of divine retribution. This aligns with the biblical principle that God is not slow in keeping His promises, including those of judgment (<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>). The phrase may also evoke the relentless nature of God's justice, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>), serving as a warning to those who pervert the truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing the early Christian communities and warning them about false teachers. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the early church who spread heretical teachings and exploit believers for personal gain. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who were facing challenges from within due to false teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The divine verdict against false teachers, emphasizing that their destruction is certain and imminent. 5. <a href="/topical/g/greed_and_deception.htm">Greed and Deception</a> The motivations and methods of the false teachers, highlighting their moral corruption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_is_essential.htm">Discernment is Essential</a> Believers must be vigilant and discerning to identify and resist false teachings. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_greed.htm">The Danger of Greed</a> Greed can lead to exploitation and deception, both in the church and in personal life. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_certain.htm">God's Justice is Certain</a> Despite the apparent success of false teachers, God's judgment is assured and will be executed in His timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a> Deceptive words can lead believers astray; therefore, grounding in Scripture is crucial. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The church community should hold each other accountable to prevent the spread of false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/how_can_you_identify_false_prophets.htm">How can you identify false prophets?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_abuse_and_guilt.htm">What does the Bible say about abuse and guilt?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_false_apostles.htm">What does the Bible say about false apostles?</a> <a href="/q/2_peter_3_7__fiery_end_vs._cosmology.htm">2 Peter 3:7: Does the idea of a future fiery destruction conflict with modern cosmology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And through covetousness.--Better, In covetousness. This is the atmosphere in which they live. (See Notes on <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm" title="For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.">2Peter 2:18</a> and <a href="/context/2_peter/1-1.htm" title="Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:">2Peter 1:1-2</a>; <a href="/2_peter/1-4.htm" title="Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.">2Peter 1:4</a>; <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm" title="Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;">2Peter 1:13</a>.) Wiclif and Rheims have "in." Simon Magus offering St. Peter money, which no doubt he was accustomed to take himself for his teaching, may illustrate this (<a href="/acts/8-18.htm" title="And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,">Acts 8:18</a>; comp. <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm" title="Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.">1Timothy 6:5</a>; <a href="/context/titus/1-10.htm" title="For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:">Titus 1:10-11</a>). These false teachers, like the Greek Sophists, taught for money. A bombastic mysticism, promising to reveal secrets about the unseen world and the future, was a very lucrative profession in the last days of Paganism, and it passed over to Christianity as an element in various heresies. (Comp. the Shepherd of Hermas, Sim. IX. xix. 3.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you; rather, in covetousness. Covetousness was their besetting sin, the sphere in which they lived. St. Paul warned Titus against false teachers who taught "things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake" (<a href="/titus/1-11.htm">Titus 1:11</a>; see also <a href="/1_timothy/6-6.htm">1 Timothy 6:6</a> and <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Jude 1:16</a>). Simon Magus, the first heresiarch, sought to trade in holy things; the like sin seems to have been characteristic of the false teachers of apostolic times. The word translated "feigned" (πλαστοῖς) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament; the words of these men were not the expression of their real thoughts and feelings; they were invented, craftily contrived to deceive men, and that for the sake of money. The last words of the clause will admit another sense: "shall gain you," i.e., "shall gain you over to their party;" and this view derives some support from the use of the verb ἐμπορεύεσθαι in the Septuagint Version of <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Proverbs 3:14</a>. But the verb is often used in classical writers in the sense of making a profit out of people or things, and this meaning seems most suitable here. The false teachers will work hard, as the Pharisees did, to make proselytes; but their real motive is, not the salvation of souls, but their own selfish gain. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not; literally, for whom the sentence of a long time idleth not. The sentence of judgment is for them, for their condemnation; in the foreknowledge of God it has been pronounced long ago, and ever since it has been drawing near; it doth not tarry (comp. <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a> and <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a>). The word rendered "of a long time" (ἔκπαλαι) occurs only here and <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">2 Peter 3:5</a>. And their damnation slumbereth not; destruction: it is the word which has been used already twice in verse 1. The verb means literally "to nod," then "to slumber;" it is found elsewhere in the New Testament only in the parable of the virgins (<a href="/matthew/25-5.htm">Matthew 25:5</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>In ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. their greed, πλεονεξίᾳ (pleonexia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. fraudulency, extortion. [these false teachers] will exploit ἐμπορεύσονται (emporeusontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1710.htm">Strong's 1710: </a> From en and poreuomai; to travel in, i.e. to trade. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. with tales λόγοις (logois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. they have concocted. πλαστοῖς (plastois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4112.htm">Strong's 4112: </a> Formed, molded; fig: feigned, made up, counterfeit. From plasso; moulded, i.e. artificial or fictitious. The τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. longstanding ἔκπαλαι (ekpalai) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1597.htm">Strong's 1597: </a> From of old, long since. From ek and palai; long ago, for a long while. verdict κρίμα (krima) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2917.htm">Strong's 2917: </a> From krino; a decision ('crime'). against them οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. remains in force, ἀργεῖ (argei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_691.htm">Strong's 691: </a> To linger, delay, be idle. From argos; to be idle, i.e. to delay. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. destruction ἀπώλεια (apōleia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_684.htm">Strong's 684: </a> Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss. {does} not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. sleep. νυστάζει (nystazei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3573.htm">Strong's 3573: </a> To nod in sleep, be drowsy, slumber. 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