The Second Epistle General of Peter
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- Chapter 2 -
(Jude 1:3–16)
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(a)2:1
Seeds of perdition: That is, heresies destructive of salvation.(Challoner)
(b)2:3 The phrase ‘iam olim’ has the effect of referring to the near future: ‘iam’ (now or already), and ‘olim’ (referring to the past or to the future).(Conte)
(c)2:5 Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their three wives, (8 persons) were saved on the ark. Also, there were 8 generations between Adam and Noah.(Conte)
(d)2:11
Bring not a railing judgment, etc: That is, they use no railing, nor cursing sentence; not even in their conflicts with the evil angels. See St. Jude, ver. 9.(Challoner)
(e)2:13 The delights of a day: that is, the short delights of this world, in which they place all their happiness.(Challoner)
(f)2:21 Those who die in original sin only, being guilty of the mortal sin of omission of never having found sanctifying grace throughout their adult lives, are punished in Hell with lesser sufferings than those who found sanctifying grace, and later lost it, never to regain it again, because of mortal sins after sanctifying grace.(Conte)
(Jude 1:3–16)
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(a)2:2 TR reads “destructive” instead of “immoral”
(b)2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hell
(c)2:22 ℘ Proverbs 26:11