2 Pedro 2
Hilary of Arles · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
2 Pedro 2:1
It is typical of false teachers that they cannot accept the full equality of the persons of the Trinity. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:2
They revile the way of truth because they have turned orthodox doctrine into heresy, or because they have rejected the rule given to them at their baptism, or because they have abandoned the way of truth. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:3
The destruction of these people comes from none other than the God of Israel, who is never idle or asleep. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:4
The angels sinned in three ways, by their pride, by their envy and by their lust. In this verse it is made clear that sin can occur even if it is not done overtly in the flesh. It is obvious that the essence of sin is consent to do evil. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:5
The ungodliness of those who lived in the time from Adam to Noah was what caused the flood. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:14
These people even greeted one another with kisses which were full of lust. What was meant to be a sign of peace was transformed into adultery by those who had turned away from God. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:15
The right way is the way of Christ, who said: "I am the way, the truth and the life." — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:16
The ass spoke with a human voice so that Balaam would understand what God was saying to him. He had become a madman because of his disobedience to the commandments of God, and dumb animals are wiser than that, since they observe the law of nature. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:17
These people are empty wells of the kind that animals fall into and die in, because there is no water at the bottom. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:18
Pride is always vain because it makes people stupid, as they are without God insofar as they are proud. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:19
A man is the slave of whatever vice controls him. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:20
It is always worse to sin knowingly than to sin in ignorance. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
2 Pedro 2:21
To know the way of righteousness is to know Christ and the holy gospel. Peter is talking here about people who have been baptized after professing faith in Jesus but who have then turned away from him. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER