ACC ~ 2 Peter 2 v22

REVERTING TO THE SAME SINS. CHRYSOSTOM: Repentance consists in no longer doing the same things, for he who reverts to the same sins is like a dog returning to his vomit. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 34.

THE PROVERB. BEDE: This verse refers to what Solomon said in his Proverbs: “Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.” ON 2 PETER.

THE SOW LOOKS WORSE IN MUD. OECUMENIUS: What is going on here is that we have people who take delight even in things which nature has rejected and who are prepared to indulge in the very things which they themselves have corrupted. People like that are even more abominable than they were before, just as a sow looks even worse after she has covered herself in mud. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.