Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Peter 2:19
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2 Peter2:19
19. promise ... liberty--(Christian)--These promises are instances of their "great swelling words" (2Pe 2:18). The liberty which they propose is such as fears not Satan, nor loathes the flesh. Pauline language, adopted by Peter here, and 1Pe 2:16; see on 1Pe 2:16; (compare 2Pe 3:15; Ro 6:16-22; 8:15, 21; Ga 5:1, 13; compare Joh 8:34).
corruption--(See on 2Pe 2:12); "destroyed ... perish ... corruption."
of whom--"by whatever ... by the same," &c.
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