Daily Devotions
2 Peter
"The wages of unrighteousness"
Text: 2 Peter 2:13
INFILTRATION OF THE FALSE TEACHERS
Peter had to write candidly and sternly, because these false teachers had infiltrated the church. He had to warn believers about these wicked false teachers.
“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.”
2 Peter 2:13
1. “And will receive the wages of unrighteousness”
a) These false teachers were unrighteous.
b) Their wages would be “destruction”.
c) The word translated “receive”.
It was added to give meaning to the play on words.
d) Literal translation of the text.
“Doing unrighteous deeds”, (they will receive) the wages of unrighteousness.
e) The “doing unrighteous deeds” was unfortunately not translated.
f) The play on words is on the word “unrighteous”.
2. “As those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime”
a) The focus of these false teachers was on pleasure.
b) They were hedonistic.
c) The word translated “carouse”:
i) It has the nuance of loving luxury.
ii) They derive pleasure from the luxuries they get from their followers.
iii) They will “carouse” (to revel) even in the daytime.
3. “They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you”
a) “Spots and blemishes” were words used to describe the false teachers.
b) The children of God are meant to be clean and holy.
c) The false teachers were like stains amidst the believers.
d) They revelled (carouse) amidst their deceptive ways.
e) Feasting with the believers:
i) Some believers were not very perceptive.
ii) They allowed these false teachers to have fellowship in their feasts.
iii) These feasts could be celebrations of weddings, birthdays etc.
iv) The false teachers, to Peter, were stains (spots and blemishes) in these celebrations (feasts).