2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:1 Evaluation of False Teachers. In this
third main section of his letter, Peter criticizes the false teachers,
using biblical illustrations to do so.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:2 Their false teaching results in
SENSUALITY, which means a lack of self-constraint or an abandonment to
immoral behavior. Most often the word refers to sexual sin.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:4 Peter turns to a detailed argument
proving God’s certain judgment on the false teachers. Four times he
uses a lesser-to-greater method of argument (if A is true, how much
more is B also true). His analogies in vv. 2 Peter 2:4 amount to minor
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:5 Second minor premise: IF (A) HE DID NOT
SPARE THE ANCIENT WORLD, BUT PRESERVED NOAH... WITH SEVEN OTHERS, then
(B) will he not even more certainly judge the false teachers (major
premise, vv. 2 Peter 2:9) while at the same time preserving the godly
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:6 Third minor premise: If (A) God
condemned SODOM AND GOMORRAH, then (B) how much more certain it is
that the same thing will HAPPEN TO THE UNGODLY who reject the gospel.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:7 Fourth minor premise: if (A) God RESCUED
RIGHTEOUS LOT, who was GREATLY DISTRESSED and even tormented by the
CONDUCT OF THE WICKED in Sodom (v. 2 Peter 2:6), then (B) how much
more will he “rescue the godly” (major premise, v. 2 Peter 2:9).
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:9 Having stated his minor premises, Peter
moves now to his major premise (see note on vv. 4–10a): “If” vv.
2 Peter 2:4 are true, THEN how much more true are vv. 2 Peter 2:9. God
indeed knows how to RESCUE THE GODLY FROM TRIALS and will certainly
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:10 The false teachers BLASPHEME THE
GLORIOUS ONES, probably evil angels (v. 2 Peter 2:11; compare Jude
1:8). They act as if these demonic forces have no power. They do not
believe that their willful sins open them to demonic attack.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:12 The false teachers behave in IRRATIONAL
ways. They act LIKE... ANIMALS. They do not use reason or truth, only
INSTINCT. Yet they behave like this while claiming to be Christians.
In fact, THEY FEAST WITH YOU, probably a reference to participating in
the Lord’s Supper.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:14 Their EYES desire ADULTERY with nearly
every woman they meet. INSATIABLE FOR SIN. Their appetite for sin is
never satisfied. Even worse, they ENTICE (“lure with bait”)
UNSTEADY people to sin with them. ACCURSED CHILDREN! Peter assures his
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:15 THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THE WAY OF BALAAM
(see Numbers 22:1). They spend their lives gaining things at other
people’s expense. But God can use even a DONKEY to restrain someone
who is following the way of MADNESS.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:17 The false teachers are WATERLESS
SPRINGS and MISTS DRIVEN by the wind. They appear to be beneficial,
but they are empty. The GLOOM OF UTTER DARKNESS HAS BEEN RESERVED for
them, as for the evil angels (v. 2 Peter 2:4) and the unrighteous (v.
2 Peter 2:9).
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:18 ENTICE BY SENSUAL PASSIONS... THOSE WHO
ARE BARELY ESCAPING. The false teachers tell new Christians they can
do whatever they wish sexually without harm.
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2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 2:20 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER for these
false teachers never to have ESCAPED the world in the first place.
They had the KNOWLEDGE OF... CHRIST. They then returned to a life of
sin and darkness. It is better not to have known about the HOLY
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