2 Peter 2:10 — Community Reflections

2 PETER 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.”

And especially those who indulge the flesh with its corrupt desires and despise authority — the false teachers' defining characteristic is antinomianism, the rejection of legitimate authority (kuriotēs). The flesh (sarx) represents not the body per se but the orientation away from God. Their despising of authority (exoutheneō) parallels the angels' transgression and Noah's generation's rebellion.

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