2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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When Balak, the king of Moab, offered Balaam a fantastic fee, “the wages of unrighteousness,” to curse Israel, Balaam chose the money, defying the Lord who had expressly forbidden his complicity. For the rest of his life he tortured himself with the dollar sign. The insatiable avarice of the lust pattern of his sin nature led to his insanity – but not before he received a unique warning. Balaam explored every avenue to find a loophole in the divine prohibition so that he could earn the reward offered by Balak (Deut. 23:5), but God stepped in and forbade the prophet from fulfilling his deceitful mission in Moab. A “dumb donkey” had the good sense to obey the Lord, even when the Lord’s prophet did not. Three times the donkey turned aside from the path when the angel of the Lord, invisible to Balaam, barred her way. Three times Balaam struck her for her apparent, recalcitrant behavior. After the third time the animal spoke in a forceful yet eloquent manner in an attempt to forestall the prophet’s obduracy. Speaking through the voiceless ass, God graciously warned Balaam ... Under the strong delusion and unabated hardness of heart of reversionism Balaam lost touch with reality and became psychotic ... on the road to madness, headed for a tragic end. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) Some wag has said that in the old days it was a miracle when a jackass spoke and now in our day it is a miracle when one of them keeps quiet! (J. McGee) 2 Peter 2:16 But (adversative) he obtained (e;cw, AAI3S, Constative) a rebuke (Adv. Acc.; punishment) for his own (Poss. Gen.) lawlessness (Gen. Disadv.; evildoing): a mute (Descr. Nom.; silent) ass (Subj. Nom.; donkey), speaking (fqe,ggomai, AMPtc.NNS, Dramatic, Modal, Deponent) with a man’s (Poss. Gen.) voice (Instr. Means), restrained (kwlu,w, AAI3S, Constative; held back, hindered, prevented) the insanity (Acc. Dir. Obj.; madness, monetary and psychotic reversionism) of the prophet (Poss. Gen.; Balaam). BGT 2 Peter 2:16 e;legxin de. e;scen ivdi,aj paranomi,aj\ u`pozu,gion a;fwnon evn avnqrw,pou fwnh/| fqegxa,menon evkw,lusen th.n tou/ profh,tou parafroni,anÅ VUL 2 Peter 2:16 correptionem vero habuit suae vesaniae subiugale mutum in hominis voce loquens prohibuit prophetae insipientiam LWB 2 Peter 2:17 These [false teachers] are fountains without water [no doctrine in the soul] and fog which is driven about by a storm, for whom the gloom [selfinduced misery] of darkness [total blackout of the soul] has been reserved. KW 2 Peter 2:17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a tempest, for whom the blackness of the darkness has been reserved. KJV 2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS These false teachers are fountains or springs without water, which means they have no doctrine in the soul. They are a desert mirage; once you get there, the promise of water and greenery vanishes into thin air. They are also like fog which is being blown around
(Latin: turbine) by a gale-force whirlwind (Attributive Participle). Not only are they without doctrinal resources, but everything that comes their way knocks them down emotionally. Their lives are topsy-turvy; they are totally unstable. They have no problemsolving devices that can be used to live life according to God’s plan. Self-induced misery from total blackout of the soul (the gloom of darkness) has been reserved for them (Intensive Perfect tense). They are going to be disciplined by God for continuing in reversionism. Nobody gets away with anything. RELEVANT OPINIONS Peter continues his denunciation using two metaphors reliant upon traditional imagery of religious teaching as sustainer of spiritual life, as water is sustainer of natural life … The false teachers, although seeming to promise life-giving doctrine, as a well or clouds promise life-giving water, offer only empty promises. (D. Watson) The “spring without water” is a doctrinal void. The dry springs are analogous to the inability to quench one’s thirst from the perverted message of a false teacher. Rather than being refreshed by the water of the Word, his deluded disciples are left parched by his double-talk. All reversionists, whether teacher or pupil, are adrift in life – clouds “driven by a storm.” Those caught in the hurricane of reversionism, suffered from impaired vision … blindness that pervades their right lobes as a result of refusing truth. Darkness accumulates more darkness – blackout of the soul, scar tissue, and reverse-process reversionism. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) This is a picture of a desert in which the traveler looks for a spring. But when he has discovered the water hole, he finds to his dismay that it is dry. Similarly, the false teachers have nothing to offer the members of the Christian community: they are like dry wells … What a disappointment to people who, having endured a drought, finally see storm clouds from which they expect abundant rain. But the storm pushes along swirling clouds that are waterless. So the heretics cause excitement in the community but offer nothing that is substantial and worthwhile. (S. Kistemaker) They give no water to the thirsty land, but only bring darkness and obscurity. (B. Caffin) In a protracted drought the farmer keenly scans the face of the sky; a misty cloud is hailed by him, and he watches its changes and course, but it is driven past by the storm-wind, and not a drop of rain descends. (R. Finlayson) False teaching perverts the Bible, snatching an idea here and there out of context and building a system of doctrine that appeals to the gratification of the flesh. The so-called “health and wealth” movement fits this perfectly. This teaching promises abundant life without the hardness of life that God uses to strengthen faith and perfect character. Such teaching is so reprehensible to God that He has reserved “the black darkness” for them. (W. Baker) These men have no value, no goal, and no future. (D. Payne) Certain types of people seemed to be especially selected for recruitment by false teachers. (K. Gangel) The false teachers do not give the satisfaction they claim to offer. Their teaching shifts with the least gust of wind. (D. Wheaton) You have only to visit a secondhand theological bookshop, with its piles of unsaleable rubbish, once the latest thing in theological audacity, to see the force of this. (M. Green)
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2 Peter Benjamin W. Brodie April 20
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2 Peter 1:15 Indeed, I will also ma
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2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels [in hea
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2 Peter 3:6 Through which the world
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among them a deliberate ignorance o
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e our defense - knowledge. Where is
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necessary to see the Lord with our
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LWB 2 Peter 1:2 Grace to you and pr
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stress on knowledge. The more we re
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can really know Him ... Greater kno
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“world system” because Satan ha
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Because we are in union with Christ
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trembling endeavors by the side of
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TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter contin
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which whosoever lives is counted de
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doctrine in daily life, the more th
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He who is not adding to his knowled
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very moment that Christ is received
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LWB 2 Peter 1:11 For in this manner
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2 Peter 1:11 For (explanatory) in t
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VUL 2 Peter 1:12 propter quod incip
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eality” that Peter could choose b
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grace) and (connective) the knowled
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