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With the whole verse compare 2Pe 2:1.
Crept in unawares (παÏεισεÌδυσαν)
Rev., privily. See on 2Pe 2:1. The verb means to get in by the side (παÏαÌ), to slip in by a side-door. Only here in New Testament.
Ordained (Ï€ÏογεγÏαμμεÌνοι)
The meaning is in dispute. The word occurs four times in New Testament. In two of these instances Ï€ÏÎ¿Ì has clearly the temporal sense before (Rom 15:4; Eph 3:3). In Gal 3:1, it is taken by some in the sense of openly, publicly (see note there). It seems better, on the whole, to take it here in the temporal sense, and to render written of beforehand, i.e., in prophecy as referred to in Jud 1:14, Jud 1:15. So the American Rev.
Lasciviousness
See on 1Pe 4:3.
Lord God
God is omitted in the best texts. On Lord (δεσποÌτην), see on 2Pe 2:1.