2 Peter 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Through

With

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Make

General references

Leviticus 15:8

Numbers 22:19

Ezekiel 12:24

Bible References

Through

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

And the dogs are

greedy, they are not satisfied.

And they are shepherds who have no understanding;
They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.

“Therefore I will give their wives to others,
Their fields to new owners;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is greedy for gain;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.

For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I?

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

For the

overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

With

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners

submit to me.

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will

give feigned obedience to You.

“Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

Make

“You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”

For we are not like many,

peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.

“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—

General references

Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the Lord will speak to me.”

For there will no longer be any

false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.