2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

maligned (blasfhme,w, FPI3S, Predictive; reviled, spoken
irreverently of).
BGT 2 Peter 2:2 kai. polloi. evxakolouqh,sousin auvtw/n tai/j avselgei,aij diV ou]j h` o`do.j th/j
avlhqei,aj blasfhmhqh,setai(
VUL 2 Peter 2:2 et multi sequentur eorum luxurias per quos via veritatis blasphemabitur
LWB 2 Peter 2:3 And in the sphere of a frantic search for happiness [insatiableness],
with fabricated teachings, they will exploit you, whose divine discipline [judicial
sentence] will not be delayed for long; indeed, their ruin [loss of everything worth
living for] is not sleeping [it’s already in motion].
KW 2 Peter 2:3 And in the sphere of covetousness, with fabricated words they will exploit
you, for whom from ancient times their judgment has not been idle [i.e., it is being
prepared], and their destruction is not sleeping.
KJV 2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
Like all reversionists, the false teachers are living a frantic life in search for happiness -
anywhere they can get it. Scar tissue of the soul has become their way of life. No matter
what they turn to, it soon sours and disappoints. The only answer for the misery in their
soul is Bible doctrine, but that’s the last thing they are interested in. They are busy false
teachers though; they fabricate false teachings and continually support them in order to
“fleece the sheep.” They will be quite successful in exploiting naïve believers (Predictive
Future tense). They will develop a knack for making a quick killing like a deceitful,
traveling salesman (trade for profit). However, they won’t get away with these practices
forever. Their divine discipline will not be delayed for long (Gnomic Present tense).
God sees everything they do, and though it might appear to them and to others that they
are getting away with their arrogant behavior (Latin: avarice), in reality their ruin is
already in motion (Progressive Present tense). God’s disciplinary actions are not sleeping
(Latin: dormant); His timing is perfect no matter what we think. If His discipline includes
the loss of everything worth living for, then the worst state of mind to be in when that
happens is to temporarily possess everything you ever dreamed of. First it affects your
lack of capacity for life; the benefits you pursued for so long make you indifferent or
miserable instead of happy. Then He might take them away from you altogether, either
one-by-one over time or through a sudden tragedy.
RELEVANT OPINIONS
Like false prophets, the false teachers do not speak with divine authority, as the prefix
pseudo implies. Rather, they proclaim a false message of peace and security against the
true prophetic (and apostolic) message of judgment. Also like the false prophets, the false