Jeremiah 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. 2 Peter 2:19 They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits - for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us. 2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved." (a) (as adj.) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural. 2 Peter 1:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 2 Peter 1:19, NIV: "We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts." Cancel. Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. There is nothing improbable in St. Peter being well acquainted with the Epistle to the Romans during the last years of his life; the improbability would rather be in supposing that he did not know it. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2 Peter 2:19 ‘promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.’ ‘promising them freedom’-‘fancied liberty, i.e. … We seem here to have an echo of John 8:34 (see Notes there): "Every one who continues to commit sin is the slave of sin," words which St. Peter may have heard. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Comp. Commentary. Brought in bondage.--Or, enslaved. 2 Peter 2:19-22 English Standard Version (ESV) 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves[ a] of corruption. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into … enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. 2 Peter 2:20. Through the lusts of the flesh.—Better, in the lusts of the flesh (as in 2 Peter 2:3, and 2 Peter 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 1:13). 2P iiP ii Pet). 19 They promise them yfreedom, zbut they themselves are slaves8 of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. From deo; a slave. 2 Peter 2:19 Parallel. Tyndale, Cranmer, and Geneva have "bond-servants;" Rheims "slaves." From epi and the base of aggelos; to announce upon, i.e. Read more Share Copy Show footnotes A service of Faithlife / Logos Bible Software . Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 1 Simeon 1 Peter, a servant 2 and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a a faith of equal standing with ours b by the righteousness of our c God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 d May grace and peace be multiplied to you e in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (Comp. Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about. 2 Peter Chapter 2 Verse 19 Alphabetical: a are by corruption depravity enslaved for freedom has he him is man mastered of overcome promise promising slave slaves them themselves They this to what whatever while NT Letters: 2 Peter 2:19 Promising them liberty while they themselves (2 Pet. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural, Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural. John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. Corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition. 1 Peter 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 2 Peter 2:19 Context 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. Read Full Chapter. Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Galatians 5:1,13 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage…. English Standard Version. Share. 19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 2 Peter 2:19 Promising them liberty while they themselves (2 Pet. He, she, it, they, them, same. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. ? 2 Peter 2:19 Parallel Commentaries. English Standard Version (ESV), For the contextual rendering of the Greek word. 2 Peter 2:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 2 Peter 2:19, NIV: "They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for 'people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.'" 2 Peter 2:19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. Barnes's 2-peter 2:19 Bible Commentary While they promise them liberty - True religion always promises and produces liberty (see the notes at John 8:36), but the particular liberty which these persons seem to have promised, was freedom from what they regarded as needless restraint, or from strict and narrow views of religion. 2 Peter 2:20 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 2 Peter 2:20, NIV: "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning." 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. King James Bible. 2 Peter 2:19. 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