2Pe 2:20-22 | JFB | STEP | 20. after they-- the seducers "themselves" have escaped ( ; see on ). pollutions-- which bring "corruption" ( ). through-- Greek, "in." knowledge-- Greek, "full and accurate knowledge." the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ-- solemnly expressing in full the great and gracious One from whom they fall. latter end is worse ... than the beginning-- Peter remembers Christ's words. "Worse" stands opposed to "better" ( ).

‏ 2 Peter 2:20-22

20. after they--the seducers "themselves" have escaped (2Pe 2:19; see on He 6:4-6).

pollutions--which bring "corruption" (2Pe 2:19).

through--Greek, "in."

knowledge--Greek, "full and accurate knowledge."

the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ--solemnly expressing in full the great and gracious One from whom they fall.

latter end is worse ... than the beginning--Peter remembers Christ's words. "Worse" stands opposed to "better" (2Pe 2:21).

21. the way of righteousness--"the way of truth" (2Pe 2:2). Christian doctrine, and "the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour."

turn--back again; so the Greek.

from the holy commandment--the Gospel which enjoins holiness; in opposition to their corruption. "Holy," not that it makes holy, but because it ought to be kept inviolate [Tittmann].

delivered--once for all; admitting no turning back.

22. But--You need not wonder at the event; for dogs and swine they were before, and dogs and swine they will continue. They "scarcely" (2Pe 2:18) have escaped from their filthy folly, when they again are entangled in it. Then they seduce others who have in like manner "for a little time escaped from them that live in error" (2Pe 2:18). Peter often quoted Proverbs in his First Epistle (1Pe 1:7; 2:17; 4:8, 18); another proof that both Epistles come from the same writer.