2 Peter 2:10

2:10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desires ¹  and who despise authority.

Brazen and insolent, ²  they are not afraid to insult ³  the glorious ones, ⁴ 

2 Peter 2:13

2:13 suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. ⁵  By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, ⁶  they are stains and blemishes, indulging ⁷  in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

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¹ tn Grk “those who go after the flesh in [its] lust.”

² tn There is no “and” in Greek; it is supplied for the sake of English convention.

³ tn The translation takes βλασφημοῦντες (blasfhmounte") as an adverbial participle of purpose, as most translations do. However, it is also possible to see this temporally (thus, “they do not tremble when they blaspheme”).

⁴ tn Δόξας (doxas) almost certainly refers to angelic beings rather than mere human authorities, though it is difficult to tell whether good or bad angels are in view. Verse 11 seems to suggest that wicked angels is what the author intends.

⁵ tn There is a play on words in Greek, but this is difficult to express adequately in English. The verb ἀδικέω (adikew) as a passive means “to suffer harm,” or “to suffer an injustice.” The noun ἀδικία (adikia) means “unrighteousness.” Since the Greek verb has a wider field of meaning than the English, to translate it as suffer an injustice is unwarranted, for it implicitly attributes evil to God. As R. Bauckham notes, “in English it is impossible to translate ἀδικούμενοι as a morally neutral term and ἀδικίας with a morally pejorative term, while retaining the play on words” (Jude, 2 Peter [WBC], 265).

⁶ tn Grk “considering carousing in the daytime a pleasure.”

⁷ tn Or “carousing,” “reveling.” The participle ἐντρυφῶντες (entrufwnte") is a cognate to the noun τρυφή (trufh, “carousing”) used earlier in the verse.