Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
follow—out: so the Greek.
pernicious ways—The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "licentiousness" (Judges 1:4). False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together (II Peter 2:18-19).
by reason of whom—"on account of whom," namely, the followers of the false teachers.
the way of truth shall be evil spoken of—"blasphemed" by those without, who shall lay on Christianity itself the blame of its professors' evil practice. Contrast I Peter 2:12.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Peter 2:2:
Matthew 7:15
1 Peter 4:4
2 Peter 1:12
2 Peter 2:5
2 Peter 2:21
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