Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 2Pet 2:2

“And many shall follow their riotousnesses, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”

“follow--out: so the Greek. pernicious ways--The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "licentiousness" (Jde 1:4). False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together (Pe2 2:18-19). by reason of whom--"on account of whom," namely, the followers of the false teachers. the way of truth shall be evil spoken of--"blasphemed" by those without, who shall lay on Christianity itself the blame of its professors' evil practice. Contrast Pe1 2:12.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.