2Pe 2:10-11 | TNotes | STEP | 2:10a twisted sexual desire: The reference is to illicit sexual desire generally and possibly to homosexuality in particular (cp. reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, 2:6 ). • The false teachers were so arrogant that they refused to listen to any authority but their own. Summary for 2Pet 2:10-16: 2:10b-16 This profile of the false teachers focuses more on how they were living than on what they were teaching. 2:10b supernatural beings: Probably evil angels, in contrast to the angels of 2:11 . It is wrong to scoff even at evil angels, because they bear the mark of their glorious origin—they have real power and pose a real threat to humans.

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‏ 2 Peter 2:10-11

2:10a ^a twisted sexual desire: The reference is to illicit sexual desire generally and possibly to homosexuality in particular (cp. reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, 2:6 ^b).

• The false teachers were so arrogant that they refused to listen to any authority but their own.
Summary for 2Pet 2:10-16: 2:10b-16 ^c This profile of the false teachers focuses more on how they were living than on what they were teaching. 2:10b ^d supernatural beings: Probably evil angels, in contrast to the angels of 2:11 ^e. It is wrong to scoff even at evil angels, because they bear the mark of their glorious origin—they have real power and pose a real threat to humans.
2:11 ^f Even angels ... do not dare to charge evil supernatural beings with blasphemy, but the false teachers were so arrogant that they did not hesitate to do so.