Watch Out for False Teachers

Peter began this letter by speaking of the divine provision for a godly life (1:1–11). He went on to stress the divine inspiration of Scripture truths (1:12–21). Now he warns against those who are threatening the church’s spiritual well being by the way they falsely treat these matters (2:1–22).

2:1  In some respects times do not change. All prophecy, whoever gives it and in whatever circumstances, needs to be interpreted. Furthermore, just as in the period of the OT there were false prophets, such as Balaam (2:15), whose activities threatened to poison spiritual life among the people of God, so Peter cautions his readers that in their own day there will be false teachers operating among them. Their teaching is invidious: they will secretly introduce destructive …