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Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you. <a href="/nlt/2_peter/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> suffering wrong as the wage of unrighteousness; esteeming carousal in daytime as pleasure; blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, feasting with you; <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions as they feast with you, <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> suffering unrighteousness as the wages of their unrighteousness, considering it a pleasure to revel in the daytime—they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they feast with you, <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their deceptions even as they feast with you. <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions while they feast with you. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you. <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you; <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil. They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful and selfish way they carry on. <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you; <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> and lose what their wrongdoing earned them. These false teachers are stains and blemishes. They take pleasure in holding wild parties in broad daylight. They especially enjoy deceiving you while they eat with you. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> and they will be paid with suffering for the suffering they have caused. Pleasure for them is to do anything in broad daylight that will satisfy their bodily appetites; they are a shame and a disgrace as they join you in your meals, all the while enjoying their deceitful ways! <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you. <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They will receive the wages is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> suffering the penalty as the wages of evil; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you; <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you. <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> doing unjustly, [they will receive] a reward of unrighteousness, esteeming pleasure in the day, [and] luxury—[they are] spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits, feasting with you, <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> suffering wrong as the wage of unrighteousness; esteeming carousal in daytime as pleasure; blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, feasting with you; <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you, <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you: <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> receiving the reward of injustice, the fruition of valuing the delights of the day: defilements and stains, overflowing with self-indulgences, taking pleasure in their feasts with you, <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> suffering wrong as payment for wrongdoing. Thinking daytime revelry a delight, they are stains and defilements as they revel in their deceits while carousing with you. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> suffering the penalty for doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their dissipation while they feast with you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And shall receive the reward of iniquity as they consider it a delightful thing to revel in the daytime. Spots and blemishes have they who sport themselves with their own deceivings as they feast in idleness; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> They are those with whom the payment for evil is evil. A daytime banquet of defilement is considered by them a pleasure, and they are filled with defects. When they celebrate in their love feasts, they indulge themselves,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and receive the reward of unrighteousness. Counting it a pleasure to riot in the day-time, they are spots and stains, rioting in their delusions, while feasting with you; <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> receiving the reward of unrighteousness, esteeming pleasure which is in the daytime; luxury; spots and blemishes, swelling in their deceits, feasting along with you, <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> receiving the recompence of iniquity, counting daily luxury their pleasure; spots and blemishes, when they feast together with you; riotously indulging in their own delusions: <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> they place their felicity in daily pleasure: they are a vile scandal to religion: when they are present at your love-feasts they indulge their luxury: <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> suffering evil as wages of unrighteousness; accounting revelry in the daytime a pleasure; spots and blemishes; reveling in their deceivings, while feasting with you; <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> who account it a pleasure to riot even in the day; spots and disgraces; revelling in their frauds, while they partake of your feasts: <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=353" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. 13<a href="/greek/91.htm" title="91: adikoumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.">The harm they will suffer</a> <a href="/greek/3408.htm" title="3408: misthon (N-AMS) -- (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad.">is the wages</a> <a href="/greek/93.htm" title="93: adikias (N-GFS) -- Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.">of their wickedness.</a> <a href="/greek/2233.htm" title="2233: hēgoumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. ">They consider it</a> <a href="/greek/2237.htm" title="2237: hēdonēn (N-AFS) -- From handano; sensual delight; by implication, desire.">a pleasure</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5172.htm" title="5172: tryphēn (N-AFS) -- From thrupto (figuratively) enfeeble, especially the mind and body by indulgence); effeminacy, i.e. Luxury or debauchery.">to carouse</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-DFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">broad daylight.</a> <a href="/greek/4696.htm" title="4696: spiloi (N-NMP) -- A spot, fault, stain, blemish. Of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, i.e. defect, disgrace.">They are blots</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3470.htm" title="3470: mōmoi (N-NMP) -- A blemish, disgrace; blame. Perhaps from memphomai; a flaw or blot, i.e. disgraceful person.">blemishes,</a> <a href="/greek/1792.htm" title="1792: entryphōntes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To revel (in), live luxuriously, riot. From en and truphao; to revel in.">reveling</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tais (Art-DFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/539.htm" title="539: apatais (N-DFP) -- Deceit, deception, deceitfulness, delusion. From apatao; delusion.">deception</a> <a href="/greek/4910.htm" title="4910: syneuōchoumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To feast sumptuously with. ">as they feast with</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you.</a> 14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12-13</a> These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. / They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a> Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19</a> Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a> For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a> Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. <a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm">1 Timothy 5:6</a> But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive. <a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7</a> As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. <a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a> Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. <a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Proverbs 1:31</a> So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. <a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm">Proverbs 4:17</a> For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Jeremiah 12:13</a> They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Hosea 8:7</a> For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;the reward.<a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a> Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.<a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8,9</a> But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, … <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19</a> Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)to riot.<a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a> Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7,8</a> For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night… <a href="/1_peter/4-4.htm">1 Peter 4:4</a> Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:Spots.<a href="/songs/4-7.htm">Song of Solomon 4:7</a> Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.<a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Ephesians 5:27</a> That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.<a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a> These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;while.<a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">1 Corinthians 11:20-22</a> When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/22-10.htm">Banqueting</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Blemishes</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Blots</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Carouse</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Carousing</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Count</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm">Daintily</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-4.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Daytime</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Day-Time</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-4.htm">Dissipation</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-17.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/james/5-5.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-13.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/james/5-4.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Idea</a> <a href="/james/5-5.htm">Luxuriously</a> <a href="/john/12-35.htm">Overtakes</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-9.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-15.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/james/4-3.htm">Pleasures</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-11.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-9.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/james/1-2.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-8.htm">Requital</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-11.htm">Revel</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Reveling</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-4.htm">Riot</a> <a href="/genesis/26-8.htm">Sporting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/james/3-6.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/james/5-4.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-17.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/acts/24-20.htm">Wrong-Doing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm">Banqueting</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Blemishes</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Blots</a> <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Carouse</a> <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Carousing</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Count</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-32.htm">Daintily</a> <a href="/numbers/25-4.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/revelation/21-25.htm">Daytime</a> <a href="/numbers/14-14.htm">Day-Time</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Dissipation</a> <a href="/revelation/11-5.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_john/5-17.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/20-9.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/1_john/5-18.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/genesis/4-9.htm">Idea</a> <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Luxuriously</a> <a href="/numbers/16-29.htm">Overtakes</a> <a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/job/36-11.htm">Pleasures</a> <a href="/1_john/3-22.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/3_john/1-7.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/revelation/13-18.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/job/34-33.htm">Requital</a> <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revel</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Reveling</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/psalms/73-7.htm">Riot</a> <a href="/genesis/26-8.htm">Sporting</a> <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">Wrongdoing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-16.htm">Wrong-Doing</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" 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This phrase highlights the principle of divine justice, where individuals reap the consequences of their actions. The concept of "wages" echoes <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>, which states, "For the wages of sin is death." This suggests a direct correlation between sin and its consequences. The idea of suffering harm as a result of wickedness is consistent with the biblical theme of sowing and reaping, as seen in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>. The term "wickedness" here refers to moral corruption and rebellion against God's laws, which is a recurring theme in both the Old and New Testaments.They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. This phrase indicates a brazen and shameless attitude towards sin. In the cultural context of the first century, carousing or engaging in revelry was typically associated with nighttime activities, as seen in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a>, which contrasts those who are "of the day" with those who engage in drunkenness at night. The fact that these individuals take pleasure in such behavior during the day suggests a complete disregard for societal norms and a hardened conscience. This behavior is indicative of a deeper spiritual blindness and moral decay.They are blots and blemishes, The imagery of "blots and blemishes" conveys the idea of impurity and defilement. In the Old Testament, sacrifices offered to God were required to be without blemish (<a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a>), symbolizing purity and holiness. By contrast, these individuals are described as moral and spiritual stains within the community. This language underscores the corrupting influence they have on the church, as they stand in stark contrast to the call for believers to be holy and blameless (<a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Ephesians 5:27</a>).reveling in their deception as they feast with you. This phrase suggests that these individuals are not only engaging in deceitful practices but are also taking pleasure in them. The act of feasting together implies a level of fellowship and intimacy within the Christian community. However, their presence at these gatherings is marked by hypocrisy and deceit, reminiscent of <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a>, which describes similar individuals as "blemishes at your love feasts." This highlights the danger of false teachers and the need for discernment within the church. The reference to feasting may also allude to the early Christian practice of the agape feast, a communal meal that often accompanied the Lord's Supper, emphasizing the gravity of their deception in a sacred context.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing the early Christian communities and warning them against false teachers. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the early church who were leading believers astray with deceptive teachings and immoral behavior. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who were facing challenges from within due to the influence of false teachers. 4. <a href="/topical/f/feasts.htm">Feasts</a> Likely referring to communal meals or love feasts (agape feasts) where believers gathered, and where these false teachers were present. 5. <a href="/topical/d/daylight_carousing.htm">Daylight Carousing</a> A reference to the shameless and public nature of the false teachers' sinful behavior.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Wickedness</a> Sin has tangible consequences, both in this life and the next. The "wages" of wickedness are inevitable and serve as a warning to remain vigilant against sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Sin</a> Sin often masquerades as pleasure and freedom, but it ultimately leads to destruction. Believers must discern and reject deceptive teachings and behaviors. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Community Vigilance</a> The presence of false teachers within the community highlights the need for discernment and accountability among believers. We must protect the integrity of our fellowship. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light.htm">Living in the Light</a> As followers of Christ, we are called to live transparently and righteously, in contrast to those who revel in sin. Our lives should reflect the light of Christ. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_spiritual_corruption.htm">Guarding Against Spiritual Corruption</a> Just as a small blemish can mar a feast, unchecked sin can corrupt a community. We must be proactive in addressing sin and maintaining purity in our gatherings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/how_should_we_dress_to_honor_god.htm">How should we submit to governing authorities?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_a_biblical_love_feast.htm">What is a biblical love feast?</a> <a href="/q/are_2_peter_2_15_and_numbers_22-24_inconsistent.htm">2 Peter 2:15 references Balaam; are there inconsistencies compared to his Old Testament narrative in Numbers 22-24?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_matt_13_41-42_align_with_2_pet_3_9.htm">In Matthew 13:41-42, angels are said to remove all evil from God's kingdom; how does this reconcile with the broader biblical theme that God desires none to perish (e.g., 2 Peter 3:9)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) And shall receive.--Literally, about to receive (as they are). (Comp. <a href="/1_peter/1-9.htm" title="Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.">1Peter 1:9</a>; <a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm" title="And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.">1Peter 5:4</a>; see also Epistle of Barnabas, iv. 12.)As they that count.--We must begin a fresh sentence, and somewhat modify the translation. "To riot" is too strong; the word means "delicate fare, dainty living, luxury," and if the exact meaning be retained, this will necessitate a change of "in the day time." For though "rioting in the day time" makes good sense--revelry even among professed pleasure seekers being usually confined to the night (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm" title="For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.">1Thessalonians 5:7</a>)--"dainty fare in the day time" does not seem to have much point. The meaning is, perhaps, "for the day," without thought for the morrow, counting luxury for the moment a pleasure--the doctrine of the Cyrenaics and the instinct of "brute beasts." In the Shepherd of Hermas (Sim. VI. iv. 4) there is a passage which may possibly be an echo of this: "The time of luxury and deceit is one hour, but the hours of torment have the power of thirty days; if, then, a man luxuriates for one day," &c. &c. (See below on <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm" title="Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;">2Peter 2:15</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm" title="For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.">2Peter 2:20</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm" title="For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:">2Peter 3:5</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness. The two most ancient manuscripts read here, instead of κομιούμενοι ἀδικούμενοι. This reading is adopted by the Revised Version in the translation, "suffering wrong as the hire of wrongdoing." But the other reading is well supported, and gives a better sense, "receiving, as they shall, the reward of unrighteousness." Balaam loved the reward of unrighteousness in this world (verse 15); the false teachers shall receive its final reward in the world to come. Whichever reading is preferred, this clause is best taken with the preceding verse. As they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime; literally, counting the revel in daytime a pleasure. St. Peter has hitherto spoken of the insubordination and irreverence of the false teachers; he now goes on to condemn their sensuality. The words ἐν ἠμέρα cannot, with some ancient interpreters, be taken as equivalent to μαθ ἡμέραν, daily (<a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19</a>). Many commentators, as Huther and Alford, translate "delicate living for a day" - enjoyment which is temporal and short-lived. But when we compare <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a>, "They that are drunken are drunken in the night," and St. Peter's own words in <a href="/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15</a>, it seems more probable that the apostle means to describe these false teachers as worse than ordinary men of pleasure. They reserve the night for their feasting; these men spend the day in luxury. The word τρυφή means "luxurious or delicate living" rather than "riot." Spots they are and blemishes. (For σπίλοι, spots, St. Jude has σπιλάδες, sunken rocks.) The word for "blemishes" (μῶμοι) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. But comp. <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>, where the Lord Jesus is described as "a Lamb without blemish and without spot (ἀμώμου καὶ ἀσπίλου)." The Church should be like her Lord, "not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing" (<a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Ephesians 5:27</a>); but these men are spots and blemishes on her beauty. Sporting themselves with their own deceivings; literally, reveling in their deceivings. The word for "reveling" (ἐντρυφῶντες) corresponds with τρυφή, used just above. The manuscripts vary between ἀπάταις, deceivings, and ἀγάπαις, loves, love-feasts. The former reading seems the best-supported here, and the latter in the parallel passage of St. Jude (verse 12). It is possible that the paronomasia may be intentional (compare the σπίλοι of St. Peter and the σπιλάδες of St. Jude). St. Peter will not use the honourable name for the banquets which these men disgrace by their excesses. He calls them ἀπάτας, not ἀγάπας - deceits, not love-feasts. There is no love in the hearts of these men. Their love-feasts are hypocrisies, deceits; they try to deceive men, but they deceive not God. While they feast with you. The Greek word συνευωχούμενοι occurs elsewhere only in <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a>. The false teachers joined in the love-feasts, but made them the occasion of self-indulgence. Compare the similar conduct of the Corinthians (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">1 Corinthians 11:20-22</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The harm they will suffer ἀδικούμενοι (adikoumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_91.htm">Strong's 91: </a> To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong. [is the] wages μισθὸν (misthon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3408.htm">Strong's 3408: </a> (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad. of [their] wickedness. ἀδικίας (adikias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_93.htm">Strong's 93: </a> Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness. They consider it ἡγούμενοι (hēgoumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. a pleasure ἡδονὴν (hēdonēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2237.htm">Strong's 2237: </a> From handano; sensual delight; by implication, desire. to carouse τρυφήν (tryphēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5172.htm">Strong's 5172: </a> From thrupto (figuratively) enfeeble, especially the mind and body by indulgence); effeminacy, i.e. Luxury or debauchery. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. broad daylight. ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. [They are] blots σπίλοι (spiloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4696.htm">Strong's 4696: </a> A spot, fault, stain, blemish. Of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, i.e. defect, disgrace. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. blemishes, μῶμοι (mōmoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3470.htm">Strong's 3470: </a> A blemish, disgrace; blame. Perhaps from memphomai; a flaw or blot, i.e. disgraceful person. reveling ἐντρυφῶντες (entryphōntes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1792.htm">Strong's 1792: </a> To revel (in), live luxuriously, riot. From en and truphao; to revel in. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. deception ἀπάταις (apatais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> Deceit, deception, deceitfulness, delusion. From apatao; delusion. as they feast with συνευωχούμενοι (syneuōchoumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4910.htm">Strong's 4910: </a> To feast sumptuously with. you. ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. 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