ACC ~ 2 Peter 2 v17

LIKE WATERLESS SPRINGS. AUGUSTINE: Peter calls these people dry springs—springs, because they have received knowledge of the Lord Christ, but dry, because they do not live in accordance with that knowledge. ON FAITH AND WORKS 25 (46).

LIKE EMPTY WELLS. HILARY OF ARLES: These people are empty wells of the kind that animals fall into and die in, because there is no water at the bottom. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

LIKE MISTS DRIVEN BY A STORM. ANDREAS: They did not have the living word of the Spirit, the channel of delights which overflows to the glory of the nations. They were not clear-sighted like the saints. They were in some sense like clouds but more like “mists” covered in darkness and ignorance, for they were governed by an evil spirit. CATENA.

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