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A Warning, Not a Verdict
Most commentators argue this verse does not necessarily mean a true Christian can lose their salvation. They highlight that terms like 'born again' are absent. Instead, the verse likely describes those who had an intellectual 'knowledge' of Christ and reformed outwardly but never experienced genuine heart regeneration. Their fall is from a profession of faith, not from a state of grace.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 2:20
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 2:20
After they have escaped (αποφυγοντες). Second aorist active participle here (see verse 18).
The defilements
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 2:20
19th Century
Bishop
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world.—This applies the general statement of the preceding verse to …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 2:20
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…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 2:20
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
John Gill
On 2 Peter 2:20
17th Century
Pastor
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world ,
&c.] The sins of it, the governing vices of it, which t…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 2:17–22
17th Century
Minister
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…