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In covetousness (en pleonexiāi). As did Balaam (2Pe 2:15). These licentious Gnostics made money out of their dupes. A merely intellectual Gnosticism had its fruit in immorality and fraud.
With feigned words (plastois logois). Instrumental case. Plastos is verbal adjective (from plassō, to mould as from clay, for which see Rom 9:20), here only in N.T. “With forged words.” See sample in 2Pe 3:4.
Shall make merchandise of you (humas emporeusontai). Future middle of emporeuomai (from emporos, a travelling merchant), old word, to go in for trade, in N.T. only here and Jam 4:13, which see. Cf. our emporium (Joh 2:16, market house).
Whose sentence (hois to krima). “For whom (dative case) the sentence” (verdict, not process krisis).
Now from of old (ekpalai). Late and common compound adverb, in N.T. only here and 2Pe 3:5.
Lingereth not (ouk argei). “Is not idle,” old verb, argeō (from argos not working, alpha privative and ergon), here only in N.T.
Slumbereth not (ou nustazei). Old and common verb (from nuō to nod), in N.T. only here and Mat 25:5. Note apōleia (destruction) three times in 2Pe 2:1-3.