Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 2 Peter
Chapter 2  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:20 JFB -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:20 PNT -> Commentary on 2:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:20 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:20 TSK -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Entry for 2:20 WEN -> Notes on 2:20 NTB -> Apostasy; Backsliders; Doctrines; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Minister, Christian TTT -> Apostates; Titles and Names of Christ 2:20 - [In Context] Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:21 JFB -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:21 PNT -> Commentary on 2:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:21 TSK -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Entry for 2:21 WEN -> Notes on 2:21 NTB -> Apostasy; Backsliders; Doctrines; Gospel; Judgment; Minister, Christian; Sin 2:21 - [In Context] Yes, it would be better for those people to have never known the right way. That would be better than to know the right way and then to turn away from the holy teaching that was given to them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:22 JFB -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:22 PNT -> Commentary on 2:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:22 TSK -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Entry for 2:22 WEN -> Notes on 2:22 NTB -> Apostasy; Doctrines; Dog (Sodomite?); Minister, Christian; Quotations And Allusions; Sin; Swine; Wicked (People) TTT -> Dog, The; Swine; Wicked, The, are compared to SBD -> Proverbs, Book of 2:22 - [In Context] What those people did is like this true saying: "When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit." F10 And, "After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again."
FOOTNOTES: F10: "When a dog … vomit"   Quote from Prov. 26:11.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.