translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: There will be false teachers among you. Peter uses the same verb, γίνομαι ( ginomai ), in 2 Pet 2:1 as he had used in 1:20 to describe the process of inspiration. He may well be contrasting, by way of a catchword, the two kinds of prophets.


text: By the use of the future tense ( will infiltrate ), Peter is boldly prophesying the role that false teachers will have before these Gentile believers. It was necessary for him to establish both his own credentials and to anchor his audience’s faith in the written Word before he could get to this point, for these false teachers will question both.


text: Balaam’s activities are detailed in —24 (see also Num 31:8, 16 ).


text: Through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The implication is not that these people necessarily knew the Lord (in the sense of being saved), but that they were in the circle of those who had embraced Christ as Lord and Savior.