2 Pedro 2:10-22

10 Él trata con particular severidad a los que se entregan a sus propios deseos sexuales pervertidos y desprecian la autoridad.
Estas personas son orgullosas y arrogantes, y hasta se atreven a insultar a los seres sobrenaturales
sin ni siquiera temblar.

11 Aun los ángeles, que son mucho más grandes en poder y fuerza, no se atreven a presentar de parte del Señor
cargos de blasfemia en contra de esos seres sobrenaturales.

12 Esos falsos maestros son como animales irracionales que viven por instinto y nacen para ser atrapados y destruidos. Se burlan de lo que no entienden, e igual que animales serán destruidos.

13 Su destrucción será la recompensa que recibirán por el daño que han causado. A ellos les encanta entregarse a los placeres perversos a plena luz del día. Son una vergüenza y una mancha entre ustedes. Se deleitan en el engaño
incluso mientras comen con ustedes en las reuniones de compañerismo.

14 Cometen adulterio con solo mirar y nunca sacian su deseo por el pecado. Incitan a los inestables a pecar y están bien entrenados en la avaricia. Viven bajo la maldición de Dios.

15 Se apartaron del buen camino y siguieron los pasos de Balaam, hijo de Beor,
a quien le encantaba ganar dinero haciendo el mal;

16 pero Balaam fue detenido de su locura cuando su burra lo reprendió con voz humana.

17 Estos individuos son tan inútiles como manantiales secos o como la neblina que es llevada por el viento. Están condenados a la más negra oscuridad.

18 Se jactan de sí mismos con alardes tontos y sin sentido. Saben cómo apelar a los deseos sexuales pervertidos, para incitar a que vuelvan al pecado los que apenas se escapaban de una vida de engaño.

19 Prometen libertad, pero ellos mismos son esclavos del pecado y de la corrupción porque uno es esclavo de aquello que lo controla.

20 Y cuando la gente escapa de la maldad del mundo por medio de conocer a nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo, pero luego se enreda y vuelve a quedar esclavizada por el pecado, termina peor que antes.

21 Les hubiera sido mejor nunca haber conocido el camino a la justicia, en lugar de conocerlo y luego rechazar el mandato que se les dio de vivir una vida santa.

22 Demuestran qué tan cierto es el proverbio que dice: «Un perro vuelve a su vómito»
. Y otro que dice: «Un cerdo recién lavado vuelve a revolcarse en el lodo».

2 Pedro 2:10-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER 2

This chapter contains a description of false teachers, that were then in Christian churches, as there had been false prophets among the Jews; and they are described by the doctrines, which they privily introduced; in general, damnable heresies; in particular, denying the Lord that bought them; and by their success, having many followers of them in their pernicious ways; and by the sad effects following hereupon; with respect to the way of truth, that was blasphemed; with respect to their hearers, they, through the covetousness of these false teachers, were made merchandise of; and with respect to themselves, swift and sure destruction would be brought upon them, 2Pe 2:1-3, which is illustrated and confirmed by the instances of punishment in the angels, the men of the old world, and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, 2Pe 2:4-8 and whereas, in these instances, notice is taken of the deliverance of some righteous persons, as Noah and Lot, when wicked men were destroyed; the apostle draws this conclusion from the whole, that the Lord knows both how to deliver the saints out of afflictions, and to reserve wicked men until the day of judgment, then to be punished, 2Pe 2:9, especially such shall be then punished, who are described by their impure course of lift, their contempt of civil government, and their presumption and selfwill, 2Pe 1:10 which sins of theirs are aggravated by the different conduct of angels, superior to them; and by their being like brute beasts, as ignorant as they, and even below them; whose punishment will be to perish in their corruption, as the just reward of their unrighteousness, since they are open in sin, take pleasure in it, and sport themselves with it, and are spots and blemishes in Christian societies, 2Pe 2:11-13 and these, who are no other than the false teachers before spoken of, are further described by their adulterous eyes, which cannot cease from sin; by their beguiling unstable souls; by the covetous practices their hearts were exercised with; by their just desert, cursed children; by the course they steer, forsaking the right way, going astray from it, and following the way of Balaam in his covetousness, and other wicked practices, for which he was reproved by his ass; and by various metaphors, which express the emptiness of these persons, and which also point at their destruction, and describe their boasts and brags, and the influence they have, through their lasciviousness and uncleanness, on some persons, who have been outwardly reformed, 2Pe 2:14-18 and this they obtain over them in a very stupid and senseless way, by promising them liberty, when through being overcome by them, and drawn into sin, they were brought into bondage, and become servants of corruption; and so their case is worse than it was before their reformation, and profession of religion; and better it would have been not to have had the knowledge they had, than after it to turn from the paths of truth and holiness, which is illustrated by a true Scripture proverb, which expresses the filthy nature of sin, the character of these men, and their irrecoverable state and condition, 2Pe 2:19-22.