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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.
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