2 Peter 2:18

“For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, etc.] Marvellous things against the God of gods, great things and blasphemies against God, his name, his tabernacle, and his saints; (see <271136>Daniel 11:36 <661305> Revelation 13:5,6); or against men, dominions, and dignities, (<610210>2 Peter 2:10); or it may design their self-applauses and vain glorying in themselves, and their empty boast of knowledge and learning; and also express the windiness of their doctrines, and the bombast style, and high flown strains of rhetoric in which they were delivered; as likewise the flattering titles they bestowed on men for the sake of their own worldly interest and advantage; (see <650116>Jude…”

“allure--Greek, "lay baits for." through--Greek, "in"; the lusts of the flesh being the element IN which they lay their baits. much wantonness--Greek, "by licentiousness"; the bait which they lay. clean escaped--Greek, "really escaped." But the oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "scarcely," or "for but a little time"; scarcely have they escaped from them who live in error (the ungodly world), when they are allured by these seducers into sin again (Pe2 2:20).”

“For when they speak great swelling words of vanity - When they make pretensions to wisdom and learning, or seem to attach great importance to what they say, and urge it in a pompous and positive manner. Truth is simple, and delights in simple statements. It expects to make its way by its own intrinsic force, and is willing to pass for what it is worth. Error is noisy and declamatory, and hopes to succeed by substituting sound for sense, and by such tones and arts as shall induce men to believe that what is said is true, when it is known by the speaker to be false. They allure through the lusts of the flesh - The same word is used here which in 2 Peter 2:14 is rendered “beguiling,” and in…”

“They ensnare in the desires of the flesh - Allowing them to gratify some unholy desire. Those who were before entirely escaped from the spirit, custom, and company of them that live in error - In sin. 2 Peter 2:19”

“2:18 those who have barely escaped: The false teachers cleverly targeted new converts, people who had only recently committed themselves to Christ.”

“they speak: Psa 52:1-3, Psa 73:8, Psa 73:9; Dan 4:30, Dan 11:36; Act 8:9; Th2 2:4; Jde 1:13, Jde 1:15, Jde 1:16; Rev 13:5, Rev 13:6, Rev 13:11 great swelling: Υπερογκα \[Strong's G5246\], things puffed up with the wind. wantonness: Rom 13:13; Jam 5:5 that were: Pe2 2:20, Pe2 1:4; Act 2:40 clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read 2 Peter 2:19”