Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Peter 3:17
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2 Peter3:17
17. Ye--warned by the case of those "unlearned and unstable" persons (2Pe 3:16).
knowing ... before--the event.
led away with--the very term, as Peter remembers, used by Paul of Barnabas' being "carried," Greek, "led away with" Peter and the other Jews in their hypocrisy.
wicked--"lawless," as in 2Pe 2:7.
fall from--(grace, Ga 5:4: the true source of) "steadfastness" or stability in contrast with the "unstable" (2Pe 3:16): "established" (2Pe 1:12): all kindred Greek terms. Compare Jude 20, 21.
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