2 Peter 2:2

“And many shall follow their pernicious ways, etc.] Their principles and their practices, which lead to destruction, The Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, and six copies of Beza's, and others, read “their lasciviousnesses”; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, “their luxuries”; and all the Oriental versions seem to have read in like manner. The Syriac version renders it, “their impurity”; and the Arabic version, “their unchastities”; and the Ethiopic version, “their lust”; and which seems to have respect to the impure conversation of the followers of Simon Magus, the Nicolaitans, the Gnostics, Carpocratians, and others, who indulged themselves in all unnatural lusts and…”

“follow--out: so the Greek. pernicious ways--The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "licentiousness" (Jde 1:4). False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together (Pe2 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 Pe1 2:12.”

“And many shall follow their pernicious ways - Margin: “lascivious.” A large number of manuscripts and versions read “lascivious” here - ἀσελγείαις aselgeiais - instead of “pernicious” - ἀπωλείαις apōleiais (see Wetstein), and this reading is adopted in the editions of the Greek Testament by Tittman, Griesbach, and Hahn, and it seems probable that this is the correct reading. This will agree well with the account elsewhere given of these teachers, that their doctrines tended to licentiousness, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:18-19. It is a very remarkable circumstance, that those who have denied the essential doctrines of the gospel have been so frequently licentious in their own…”

“The way of truth will be evil spoken of - By those who blend all false and true Christians together. 2 Peter 2:3”

“2:2 One of the saddest effects of false teaching is that the way of truth will be slandered by a watching world. By their immoral and greedy conduct, false teachers bring shame on Christ.”

“many: Mat 24:10-13, Mat 24:24; Mar 13:22; Jo1 2:18, Jo1 2:19; Rev 12:9, Rev 13:8, Rev 13:14 pernicious ways: or, lascivious ways, as some copies read, by reason. Rom 2:24; Ti1 5:14; Tit 2:5, Tit 2:8 ways: Pe2 2:15, Pe2 2:21; Psa 18:21; Isa 35:8; Jer 6:16; Mat 7:14, Mat 22:16; Mar 12:14; Joh 14:6; Act 13:10, Act 16:17, Act 18:26, Act 19:9, Act 24:14 evil: Pe2 2:12; Act 14:2; Pe1 2:12; Jde 1:10, Jde 1:15 2 Peter 2:3”