2 Peter 2:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

That

Romans 8:1

2 Corinthians 10:3

Hebrews 13:4

In the

Jude 1:4

Despise

Selfwilled

Genesis 49:6

Titus 1:7

To speak

General references

Job 34:18

1 Peter 2:13

Bible References

That

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

In the

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Despise

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come up.

The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict -- that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

They must declare to the elders of his city, "Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say -- he is a glutton and drunkard."

But some wicked men said, "How can this man save us?" They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, "We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!"

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. "Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, 'We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?'

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme

Selfwilled

O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God's work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

To speak

"You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.

General references

who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,'

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme