2nd Peter Chapter 2 verse 2 Holy Bible
And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
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And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
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and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
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Many will follow their immoral{TR reads "destructive" instead of "immoral"} ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
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and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And many shall follow their pernicious ways; rather, as in the Revised Version, their lascivious doings; the reading represented by the Authorized Version has very little support (comp. Jude 1:4, 8). (For "shall follow" (ἐξακολουθήσουσιν), see note on 2 Peter 1:16.) By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. The heathen were accustomed to charge Christians with immorality; the conduct of these false teachers gave them occasion; they did not distinguish between these licentious heretics and true Christians. The expression, "way of truth," occurs in the 'Epistle of Barnabas,' chapter 5. Christianity is called "the way" several times in the Acts (Acts 9:2; Acts 19:9, 23, etc.). It is the way of truth, because Christ, who is the Center of his religion, is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; because it is the way of life which is founded on the truth.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Many shall follow their pernicious ways.--"Pernicious ways" is a translation of the plural of the word just rendered "destruction." (See fourth Note on 2Peter 2:1.) But here the reading is undoubtedly wrong. The margin has the right reading--lascivious ways (or better, wanton ways)--being the plural of the word translated "wantonness" in 2Peter 2:18. Wiclif has "lecheries;" Rheims "riotousnesses."The connexion between false doctrine and licentiousness was often real, and is so still in some cases--e.g., Mormonism. But it was often asserted and believed without foundation. Impurity was the common charge to bring against those of a different creed, whether between heathen and Christian or between different divisions of Christians.By reason of whom.--The many who are led astray are meant, rather than the original seducers. (Comp. Romans 2:24.)The way of truth.--(See Note on Acts 9:2.) "The way of truth" occurs in Clement of Alexandria (Cohort. ad Gentes, x.), the only near approach to anything in 2 Peter in all the writings of his that have come down to us. This is strong evidence that he did not know the Epistle, especially as references are frequent to 1 Peter, which is sometimes quoted thus: "Peter in his Epistle says" (Strom. iv. 20). . . .
