2Pe 2:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. follow-- out: so the Greek. pernicious ways-- The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "licentiousness" (Jude 4). False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together ( , 19). by reason of whom-- "on account of whom," namely, the followers of the false teachers. the way of truth shall be evil spoken of-- "blasphemed" by those without, who shall lay on Christianity itself the blame of its professors' evil practice. Contrast .

‏ 2 Peter 2:2

2. follow--out: so the Greek.

pernicious ways--The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "licentiousness" (Jude 4). False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together (2Pe 2:18, 19).

by reason of whom--"on account of whom," namely, the followers of the false teachers.

the way of truth shall be evil spoken of--"blasphemed" by those without, who shall lay on Christianity itself the blame of its professors' evil practice. Contrast 1Pe 2:12.