...from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants 01 corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and...

...unit made the law ; the majority, superior force, the king, governs him ; he is a servant to man ; for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought into bondage. 2 Pet. 2 : 19. Man therefore, politically, is not only not born free, but can necessarily...

...Peter describes them, (2Ep. ii. 19,) ' ' While they promise liberty to others, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." So when they heard the Lord say to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye shall...

...declaration, that " to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey," " that of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." III. The foregoing remarks suggest many most important practical inferences. From them we may learn...

...escaped from them who live in error. 1U While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servante of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and...

...well-mouthed praise of a blessing, they are unqualified to enjoy, remain themselves the servants of sin ! for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. The serious consideration of the question in this light, may not, perhaps, by the wise man of this world...

...voice, forbade the madness of the prophet," 2 Pet. 2: 16 ;J and again, " for I know it is written, that of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage," v. 19.§ In a letter of Firmilian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, written about AD 256, directed...

...slavish love, or anger ; to these passions we pay a voluntary homage, by wilfully indulging them. But " of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage." Fear unmans the person. It locks up all the senses— it paralyses both body and soul;...

...slavish love, or anger ; to these passions we pay a voluntary homage, by wilfully indulging them. But " of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage." Fear unmans the person. It locks up all the senses — it paralyses both body and soul...

...clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 3: 3. There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, nnd saying, Where...