2 Peter 2:10-16
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.
2:13 g They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals: Cp. Jude 1:12 h. Christians often ate fellowship meals together in celebration of the Lord (see Acts 2:46 i; 6:1 j). The false teachers were using these mealtimes as opportunities to deceive true believers. Some manuscripts read They delight (or revel, or carouse) in their fellowship meals as they eat with you. If this reading is correct, they were using the fellowship meals for self-indulgence (cp. 1 Cor 11:20-22 k).
2:15 l who loved to earn money by doing wrong: Despite consulting with God about what he should do, Balaam was determined to go his own way in hopes of receiving Balak’s money (see Num 22–24 m). The Old Testament account hints at Balaam’s greed, and Jewish tradition developed this theme (see Numbers Rabbah 20:10; Mishnah Avot 5:22; Philo, Moses 1:266-268).
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