III.
The divine government
2:1—3:16
A.
God's judgment on the false teachers
2:1-3
2 Pet. 2
:1
2:1
1But there arose also
afalse prophets among the people, as also among you there will be
bfalse teachers, who will
2csecretly bring in destructive
3heresies, even
ddenying the
4eMaster who
fbought them, bringing upon themselves swift
5destruction.
2 Pet. 2
:2
2:2
And many will
1follow their
alicentiousness, because of whom the
2way of the truth will be
breviled.
2 Pet. 2
:3
2:3
And in
acovetousness, with
bfabricated cwords, they will
dmake merchandise of you, for whom the
1ejudgment 2of old is not idle, and their
3destruction does not slumber.
B.
God's judgment on both angels and men
2:4-9
2 Pet. 2
:4
2:4
For if God did not spare the
1aangels who sinned but delivered
them to gloomy
bpits, having cast them down to
2Tartarus, they being
ckept 3for 4judgment;
2 Pet. 2
:5
2:5
And did not spare the ancient
aworld but guarded
bNoah, a herald of
1crighteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the
dungodly;
2 Pet. 2
:6
2:6
And having reduced to ashes the cities of
aSodom and Gomorrah, condemned
them to
1ruin, having set
them as an
bexample to those who intend to
2live an ungodly life,
2 Pet. 2
:7
2:7
And rescued righteous
aLot, who had been oppressed by the
blicentious 1manner of life of the
2lawless
2 Pet. 2
:8
2:8
(For that righteous man, who settled down among them, in seeing and hearing
atormented his righteous soul day after day with
their lawless works);
2 Pet. 2
:9
2:9
The Lord knows how to deliver the
1godly out of
atrial and how to
bkeep the
2unrighteous under punishment
3for the
4cday of
5judgment,
C.
The evils of the false teachers and their punishment under God's judgment
2:10-22
2 Pet. 2
:10
2:10
And especially
1those who go after the flesh in the
alust for
bdefilement and despise
2lordship. Daring,
3cself-willed, they do not tremble while reviling
4dignities;
2 Pet. 2
:11
2:11
Whereas 1angels, though they are greater in strength and power,
2do not bring a reviling judgment against
1them before the Lord.
2 Pet. 2
:12
2:12
But athese, like
1animals 2without reason, born natural
3for capture and
4destruction, reviling in things of which they are ignorant, will also in their corrupting
of others be
5destroyed;
2 Pet. 2
:13
2:13
1Suffering unrighteousness as the
2awages of unrighteousness; considering luxury in the day
to be bpleasure;
3cspots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while
dfeasting together with you;
2 Pet. 2
:14
2:14
Having eyes full of
1aadultery and not
bceasing from sin;
centicing dunstable souls, having a heart exercised for
ecovetousness,
fchildren of
gcurse.
2 Pet. 2
:15
2:15
Forsaking the
1straight way, they have
agone astray,
2following the way of
3bBalaam, the
son of Beor, who loved the
cwages of unrighteousness
2 Pet. 2
:16
2:16
But had reproof for his own transgression: a dumb
1abeast of burden, uttering with a man's voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.
2 Pet. 2
:17
2:17
These are
1springs awithout water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the
2bgloom of darkness is kept.
2 Pet. 2
:18
2:18
For uttering great
aswelling words of
bvanity, they
centice by
dlusts of the flesh, with licentiousness, those who are barely
eescaping from them who
1live in error;
2 Pet. 2
:19
2:19
Promising afreedom to them, while they themselves are
bslaves of
1corruption; for by whom anyone has been defeated,
2by this one he has been enslaved.
2 Pet. 2
:20
2:20
For if, having
aescaped the
bdefilements of the
cworld by the
dknowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ but having again been
eentangled in these, they are defeated, the last state has become
fworse for them than the first.
2 Pet. 2
:21
2:21
For it would be better for them not to have known the
1way of righteousness than, knowing
it, to
aturn back from the
bholy commandment delivered to them.
2 Pet. 2
:22
2:22
It has happened to them according to the true proverb: The
1adog has turned
2to its own vomit, and the washed sow to wallowing in the mud.
