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, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

honourable is the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

In the

Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord -- Jesus Christ -- denying,

Despise

And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, 'We do not come up;

And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel,

and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

and the sons of worthlessness have said, 'What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.

And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name is Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, 'We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'

And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, 'What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!' and Israel goeth to its tents.

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'

and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

Selfwilled

Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

To speak

'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

and Paul said, 'I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

General references

Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?'

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,