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2Pe 3:3. Πρῶτον, first) So ch. 2Pe 1:20, note.-γινώσκοντες, knowing) The nominative case coheres with that ye may be mindful: comp. Act 15:23, note. The righteous already knew this from the word of the apostles, Jud 1:17-18.-ἐλεύσονται, shall come) in greater number and shamelessness. By which very thing they themselves confirm the truth of this prediction.-ἐμπαῖκται,[15] mockers) Thus the Septuagint renders Isa 3:4, חעלולים, those who perform the most serious matters in the most trifling manner, even when they do not employ joke and laughter. [They are wholly given up to mocking, having no foundation besides for whatever they please to do.-V. g.]-ἘΠΙΘΥΜΊΑς,[16] lusts) This is the origin of error, the root of licentiousness.
[15] The fuller reading, ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ ἐμπαῖκται, is preferred both in the margin of both Editions and in the Germ. Vers., which has “lauter Spötter,” or rather, as it is read in the margin of the Germ. Vers. “Erz-Spötter.”-E. B.
[16] κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας-πορευόμενοι, walking according to their own lusts) This is an exact description of an abandoned man, that he does whatever is his own pleasure, and is not restrained by any reverence towards GOD.-V. g.
ABC (C omitting ἐν) Vulg. add ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ. Rec. Text, with inferior authorities, omits these words.-E.