Andreas of Caesarea : Peter shows by this that these men were not liberating those who followed them from their deception but merely making that deception worse. — CATENA Hilary of Arles : To know the way of righteousness is to know Christ and the holy gospel. Peter is talking here about people who have been baptized after professing faith in Jesus but who have then turned away from him. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER