...whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. f " But there were false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers...them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of....

.... where the Apostle foretels, that there shall arise false teachers among them, who should privily bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord...and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And, with this, consider also that famous text, 1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for our sins : and,...

...is repeated, and the Syriac version, has in this place Lord, instead of God. § 2 Pet. ii. 1. ' But there were false prophets also among the people, even...heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, ' &c. The original Greek word, which our translators have here rendered Lord, is not xupu; but 5E<r7T0njj,...

...Cesar. 2 Pet. ii. 1. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be fal>e teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable...them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Ver. 1O. But chiefly them that walk after the ftesh, in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government...

...no better way to answer their ends than by pretending to immediate revelations of the Spirit- Hence the apostle Peter says, ' There were false prophets...even as there shall be false teachers among you-' Hence is that blessed caution and rule of the apostle John : ' Beloved, believe not every spirit, but...

...prophets among the [Jewish] people, so there should be false teachers among [Christians,] who would bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord...them ; and bring upon themselves swift destruction*." What shall we say then ? Shall we attribute the multifarious and discordant doctrines of past and present...

...was predicted by St. Peter, apet._^ •aying, " There shall be false teachers among you, '— Wwho privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying...the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swilt destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by reason of whom the tvay of truth...

...people by persecution, and their souls by Joctrines of devili" " There shall be false teachers amongst you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them :" — (to put their trust in dead men and women, or Mahuzzim.) " And many shall follow their pernicious...

...gross errors, subversive of the very foundations of the faith. The words in the common version are. But there were false prophets also among the people, even...them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction "5. That the Apostle in this passage foretells that there will arise such 'aioeaei^ sects or factions,...

...laws might still have had their course. Neither do we see, that the production before us is very * " There shall be false teachers among you, who privily...them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." 2 Pet. ii. 1. effective as ai. attack upon the laws. There are much more severe, and much more unjust...