For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world. This does not necessarily mean that they had been true Christians and had fall…

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world.—This applies the general statement of the preceding verse to …

Of whom is Peter speaking in vv.20–22—i. e., who does the pronoun “they” refer to? Does it refer (1) to the false teachers of v.19, (2) to the unst…

For if after. He again shows how destructive was the sect which led men consecrated to God back to their old filth and the corruptions of …

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world ,
&c.] The sins of it, the governing vices of it, which t…

The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are shown to be empt…