The vast majority of the former slaves couldn’t read, so they had no idea what the news was carrying. (See note 1Pe 2:16). 4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. As Vine says "Man is so constituted that only as he pleases God can he be happy in the higher, the spiritual, part of his nature, and efficient for the great ends for which he was created. “liberty” , is rendered “freedom” in Gal. 2 Peter 2:20-21 Commentary. For a person is - Bible verse Two individualities clash. Are - Notice this verb is in the present tense which indicates their continual enslavement to sin, their master, a cruel master indeed! The word is a designation of the most abject, servile form of slavery. 1 * Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of equal value to ours through the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: 2 may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge * of God and of Jesus our Lord. Hiebert points out that "corruption denotes not merely the decay which sin produces in this life; it also involves that spiritual corruption which leads to perdition.". polis as the community of the free. These false teachers brought their followers into bondage by means of the LIE, whereas our Lord Jesus Christ brings men into freedom by means of the TRUTH. False where they are being held until the day of judgment. Commentary on 2 Peter 3:1-4 (Read 2 Peter 3:1-4) The purified minds of Christians are to be stirred up, that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. There are hints in both 1 and 2 Peter that the false teaching of which Peter writes has at least a Jewish component. As the invisible chains of habit are forged, we discover to our horror that we don't have the strength to break them. Part of the power of this text is its Christological grounding — it is Jesus who has gone before and whose footsteps we attempt to follow (1 Peter 2… Joel 2:30-31 (cited in Acts 2:19-20) refers to the future cosmic signs that will manifestly herald the day of the Lord. 1 Peter 2:9–12. 34:30. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] The world typically claims that "freedom" means doing whatever you want, whenever you want, and however you want. Biblical Commentary (Bible Study) 1 Peter 2:2-10 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Peter is writing to Christians in Asia Minor (modern Turkey)—new Christians—predominately Gentile Christians. But it also warns about the inevitable bondage that comes into the lives of people governed by willful rebellion, pride, arrogance, strife, and malicious trouble-making. Note the Source of the freedom is "in Christ Jesus", made effective by the Spirit of Christ who indwells believers - see 2Co 3:17. That is, we should not cause our freedom to be slandered by expressing it in ways that offend a weaker brother. The creators of the lectionary have evidently changed the order of the texts so that “Shepherd Sunday” might be celebrated each year on the Fourth Sunday … Continue reading "Commentary on 1 Peter 2:19-25" If people refuse to follow God, their only option is to follow Satan and their own sinful desires and become enslaved to what their bodies want. The liberty spoken of in Gal 5:1 is liberty from the Mosaic law, not liberty to do as one pleases. It is from verse 20 in particular that we derive the principle that the Bible interprets itself.This means that somewhere within the pages of Scripture, the timing, the location, the characters, and the symbols employed in symbolic texts like parables and prophecies are explained or defined. "Away with the enslaving rules that govern the life of the body! Exhortation to Christian Virtue. When any teacher does not put the Cross at the center of his or her teaching, beware! They probably quoted Gal 5:1 with great power among the new and unstable converts: "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery!" Peter encourages them with a vision of "an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't Theocr. Is it possible that the move away from the accusation of “legalism” without a parallel declaration of separation unto holiness in life (including music, dress, deportment in corporate worship, not to mention in the home and workplace) has been the catalyst for the very loose lifestyles being preached as acceptable in the emerging churches and at many so-called evangelical seminars and parties? 2 Peter 3:17-18 Commentary. But in order to preserve this freedom, the law (nomos) is required as the principle of order. To be vanquished, subdued and enslaved or overcome as in a conflict or a lawsuit. Add to cart. 2 Peter 2:10 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 2 Peter 2:10, 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;" 2 Peter 2:10, ESV: "and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. When we become free in Christ we lose our freedom to sin, of which we were once a slave. Love the brotherhood. Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. December 18, 1865—more than three years after he first released his proclamation. (Ro 5:12+), As Puritan John Owen wisely asked "Do you mortify? Bound by the chains of evil lusts and habits, they are powerless to break free. WHILE THEY THEMSELVES ARE SLAVES OF CORRUPTION: autoi douloi huparchontes (PAPMPN) tes phthoras: While - When you encounter words like this that indicate an expression of time, pause and query the word. These false teachers, not being saved and therefore not knowing grace, misrepresented the latter as license to sin. 5:1, “with freedom did Christ set us free.” The combination of the noun with the verb stresses the completeness of the act, the aorist (or point) tense indicating both its momentary and comprehensive character; it was done once for all. by any person? "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed" (John 8:36, NKJV). 2 Peter 3:10 Commentary. Those officially emancipated people, thinking slavery was the way they were condemned to exist, continued to live in bondage though they had been declared free men and women since the fall of 1862. 10 Best Second Peter Commentaries. But this was not a call to give free reign to your passions. We cannot bully people into absolutes. Comment: Christian liberty is far removed from the fleshy license which these false teachers promise their foolish followers. 2 Peter 2:12-13 Commentary. Thus sin is not the true master of men, but a usurper, ruling with rigor, albeit the rule is disguised so that not even the wisest seems capable of recognizing it apart from the teaching of the Spirit of God.". Mark Dunagan Commentary on the Bible. 2 Peter 2:19 ‘promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. Comment: The motif of bondage and freedom is central to the teaching of Paul, and it takes two forms: bondage to law and bondage to sin and death. Hettao means to be vanquished as in a military battle alluding to the ancient law of war in which those who were defeated were taken captive by the conquerors and became their servants. R. De Haan II Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Nevertheless, a list based on aggregate reviews is likely to point many people in the right direction to find the right resource for their purposes. I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Mt 15:14, “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. Medically, loss of appetite is a usually a sign of a serious illness, possibly even impending death. Liddell-Scott, 532). Liberty! Peter is not saying that suffering is a commendable thing. In so far as a man belongs to the people, he is a free citizen as contrasted with a slave or foreigner. They themselves are slaves of corruption. Jesus answering the Jews who had supposedly "believed" in Him (compare Jn 8:30, 31, 32 and Jn 8:40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 59 - notice His audience never changes!) William Barclay - Christian liberty always carries danger. Young's Literal: liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude. They are slaves to their own “corruption.” This is why politics (liberal or conservative) cannot solve man’s problems. Sins are like circles in the water when a stone is thrown into it - one produces another. In the Class. They belong together and qualify each other. Unwilling to look the other way any longer, on September 22, 1862, he presented what came to be known as the Emancipation Proclamation, an official document condemning human slavery. In the most basic form, this word group related to a "free man" in contrast with a slave. The word “better” in 2 Peter 2:21 is crucial. The resultant state represents a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct. Eleutheria refers to personal liberty but not license. To be forced to yield. This is the characteristic of the wise. (bolding & colors added). signifies to fulfill the duties of a slave, for whom there was no choice either as to the kind or length of his service. Those who are not wise are slaves, no matter what the form of their bondage (cf. And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; a. But it could also be used in the less frequent and bad sense of being reckless, or unrestrained. 2 Peter 2:4-5 Commentary. Only God can produce true liberty. Bible freedom also must operate within God’s overarching principles, such as human government or the family. Peter has just been talking about how Christ is the capstone, the foundation of the house of God. There will be scoffers in the last days, under the gospel, men who make light of sin, and mock at salvation by Jesus Christ. Matthew Henry sums up their sad state - Their own lusts have gotten a complete victory over them, and they are actually in bondage to them (Ro 6:16-note), making provision for the flesh (Ro 13:!4-note) to satisfy its cravings (Ed: Which are continually waging war against our soul = 1Pe 2:11-note), comply with its directions, and obey its commands. In Paul's last known written communication, explaining how the Lord's bondservant should conduct himself writes that he should do so... with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition (eg, as surely the "disciples" of such false teachers would be), if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil (compare the snare these false teachers had laid for their foolish audience), having been held captive by him to do his will. Before we hear this … Continue reading "Commentary on 1 Peter 2:19-25" The Quaker Rufus Jones, paraphrasing Aristotle, said, “The true nature of a thing is the highest that it can become.”, Jesus Christ frees us to become our very best for God in this fleeting life, and then to be like Him in the next. You are a slave to whatever masters you. Comment: Human freedom that in which man was originally created, is not liberty to do wrong or to indulge oneself, but in fact is liberty to obey God. Reprinted by permission. May we all take heed. Grace does not run in the blood, but corruption does. In his first letter Peter wrote that believers are to... Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. For example, in Gal 5:13 he says: "You were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another." The word traveled out of the streets of Washington and down into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, across the back roads of the Carolinas and into Georgia, then Alabama, then Mississippi, then Louisiana, then Texas, then Arkansas, announcing what had been true for more than a thousand days. (Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. These false teachers offered freedom, but it was freedom to sin as much as a man liked. Legalistic repression is no biblical value. They professed to be born again but had never really been redeemed (set free) themselves as proven by their permanent condition of enslavement! Figuratively (all NT uses except Acts 7:6) douloo means to gain control over someone. Audio and manuscripts are available for each lesson. (Ro 6:12-14+), Comment - See discussion of the Need for the Holy Spirit to obey NT commands (or "How to Keep All 1642 Commandments in the New Testament!"). The Power of God’s Promise. Biblical Commentary (Bible Study) 1 Peter 2:19-25 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: This book includes a number of references to trials, harsh treatment, and suffering that recipients of this letter are experiencing (1:6-7; 2:18-20; 3:13-17; 4:1-4, 12-19; 5:10). (NLT - Tyndale House), Phillips: They promise them liberty. So what defeats these men brings them into a permanent state of bondage as indicated by Peter's use of the perfect tense. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. Greeting. One application equates the "little foxes" with "little" sins. The idea is to be held and controlled against one’s will. (eleutheroo = verb form of word Peter used for the "freedom" the false teachers promised)" ...34..."Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits (present tense = habitually, as their lifestyle) sin is the slave (doulos) of sin. The liberty spoken of in Galatians 5:1 is liberty from the Mosaic law, not liberty to do as one pleases. Could it be added in the comment on “responsible decisions” that it is in obedience to the revealed principles and code of conduct in the N.T. The word is also translated “freedom” in 1 Pet. Peter is quite clear that they did this because they were slaves to their own lusts. They love to hear it because it appeals to their lower nature. yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Peter didnot say where he was sending the letter. Little do they realize that this enslaves them to “corruption.”. 1 Corinthians 9:19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. No man is right to do as he pleases unless he pleases to do right! Slavery is not merely chattel ownership but is the mastery of one’s will by any person, idea, or substance (Ro 6:16-note; 1Cor 6:12b). Thomas Merton - Every man becomes the image of the man he adores. Day of BY THIS HE IS ENSLAVED: touto dedoulotai (3SRPI): By this - By his sin. Corruption (5356) (phthora from phtheiro = to destroy by means of dissolution which in turn is brought about by internal not external decay) (3/8 NT uses in 2Peter 1:4, 2:12, 19) describes a state of ruin or destruction with the implication of disintegration, decay or rotting (like fruit or vegetables that you leave in the refrigerator crisper for months! 1 Peter 2:19, ESV: "For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly." Comment: In context believers now have freedom of access to God without fear in opposition to the fear in Ex. freedom but are themselves hopelessly enslaved by depravity (Jn 8:34, 35, 36). 2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The Civil War was still going on. Freedom is presented as a signal blessing of the economy of grace, and these false teachers are turning the grace of God into licentiousness, continually promising those “trying to escape” the struggles of life, the very freedom they themselves do not possess. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes a dead thing. All rights reserved). (Vine, W E: Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words). So let us "encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." The liberty that false teachers promised here is freedom from moral constraint. When explaining this passage ask your audience, “better WHEN?” The text, properly understood, only allows one answer: better in this life. Neither can social action produce spirituality. Adam Clarke comments that the idea of overcome... is an allusion to the ancient custom of selling for slaves those whom they had conquered and captivated in war. In other words, true Christian liberty is the liberty from sin and not to sin. - when they themselves are bound hand and foot to utter depravity. Biblical Commentary (Bible Study) 2 Peter 3:8-15a EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Peter is writing to encourage Christians to live Godly lives (1:3) that they “may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust” (1:4). 2 Peter 2 is the second chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE. 2 Peter 1:19. There was no mass media then to announce those kinds of presidential pronouncements. When anger was in Cain's heart (Ge 4:6-7), murder was not far off (Ge 4:8). And 2Pe 3:16 [note] shows that the writings of the apostle Paul were a sitting duck for this distortion. In the name of political freedom, people are in political bondage all over the world. Eleutheria was used especially in NT times of the freeing of slaves. There would have been far less likelihood of my falling, for I would have been aware of the danger." Ga 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”. And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE (present tense) LAWLESSNESS (see note Matthew 7:21, See also Torrey's interesting topical listing of Scriptures on "Self Delusion"), Peter says the very ones who speak of freedom are slaves. Enslaved (1402) (douloo - see study of doulos) means to bring someone into a state of absolute obedience and thus to bring into bondage, to enslave, to make someone a slave. Grant's Verse-by-Verse Logos Bible Software. . He said then, "There is a relation between thee and me, elder than either thy or my birth, if thou be the daughter of Laban (The works of Josephus Ant I, xix 5). 2 Peter 2:9-11 Commentary. 1992, page 185), Freedom isn’t found in what Jesus can give us, but only in Jesus Himself. Peter pictures these deceivers as announcing proclamations with a sense of certainty that the promise will be fulfilled. For many Protestant believers, a category for a judgment according to works does not exist; we’re saved by faith after all! Socialism promises liberty but takes freedoms from the people to whom they promise it. True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will. Just as serioius (even more so since it deals with eternal things) is one’s loss of appetite for the spiritual food found only in God’s Word of Life (Php 2:16-note). And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31, 32). Peter wants his readers to be firm in the foundation of their faith, which is to know God more deeply through Jesus Christ as made known through the apostolic witness. 2 Peter 2:15-16 Commentary. To reiterate, the freedom offered by these teachers is a false freedom, a freedom that tragically (ironically) only leads to bondage. The false teachers take the unstable souls (cf 2Pe 2:14-note) and teach how to use the letters of Paul to justify their view of sexual freedom. In 2 Cor. 2 Peter 2:19 The scriptures relate sin and slavery to one another frequently, and I think that it is interesting, since we so often look at obedience to God as limiting, or as bondage. (God Tells the Man Who Cares. 2 Peter 2:19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome by this he is enslaved (NASB: Lockman). 1 Peter 2:1-3 COMMENTARY. (Song 2:15+). (Amplified: They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement-for by … The ancient law was, that a man might either kill him whom he overcame in battle, or keep him for a slave. From start to finish, this brand of freedom is clearly the work of our adversary, the devil (Jn 8:44). Jesus bought us with His blood. Titus 2:3 (note) Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips, nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, Comment: Expositor's Greek Testament has a pithy comment writing that "It is proved by experience that the reclamation of a woman drunkard is almost impossible.". This way of speaking arose originally in contrast to the bondage of slaves. 2 Peter 3:10 Commentary. To succumb. 14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under (subject to) grace. Listen to Pastor Robert Furrow as he continues his Commentary on the book of 2 Peter picking up today in chapter 1, verse 12. But everywhere this gospel of freedom was preached false teachers distorted it. The world did not receive him; they stumbled over him. Our redemption is in the blood. 2 Peter 2:17 Commentary. Jude 6; other manuscripts in 2 Peter read “pits of Tartarus.” Tartarus : a term borrowed from Greek mythology to indicate the infernal regions. 2:16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. The very fact that the twig was so small was what made it so dangerous. Pay close attention to Acts 2:21 where Peter, quoting Joel, reminds the crowd that only those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved from God’s judgment and enter the messianic kingdom. The war ended in April 1865. (see link to sermon below). 2 Peter 3:1-6 Commentary. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. TDNT (Classic Greek use) - a. The lectionary text for this week provides a compelling commendation to Christians to do what is right even if it brings suffering. This begs the question - are any sins really "little?" Since these false teachers have denied Jesus Christ Who purchased with His own blood enslaved sinners from the power of sin (2Pe 2:1), they have in effect denied the only Source of spiritual freedom (Jn 8:31, 32, 36, Ro 8:2-note, Ga 5:1). We, first endure, then pity, then embrace. 2:18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. Commentary on 2 Peter 2:17-22 (Read 2 Peter 2:17-22) The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are set forth as empty, because there is no truth in them. Proverbs 16 describes the liberty and satisfaction that come from practicing humility, trust, careful conversation, and self-control. 2 Peter 2:19, CSB: "They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them." 2 Peter 2:18-19. His "little twigs" are generally more effective than "big logs" partly because they are so often unnoticed and partly because even if we do notice them, we consider them too small to really make a significant difference in our spiritual walk. CHAPTER 1. The false teachers promised their potential dupes liberty (2:19). 1 * Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of equal value to ours through the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: 2 may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge * of God and of Jesus our Lord. In 3:1, he referred to this letter ashis ‘second letter’.
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