2 Petrus 2:10
Konteks2:10 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 Petrus 3:3
Konteks3:3 Above all, understand this: 5 In the last days blatant scoffers 6 will come, being propelled by their own evil urges 7
[2:10] 1 tn Grk “those who go after the flesh in [its] lust.”
[2:10] 2 tn There is no “and” in Greek; it is supplied for the sake of English convention.
[2:10] 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”).
[2:10] 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.
[3:3] 5 tn Grk “knowing this [to be] foremost.” Τοῦτο πρῶτον (touto prwton) constitute the object and complement of γινώσκοντες (ginwskonte"). The participle is loosely dependent on the infinitive in v. 2 (“[I want you] to recall”), perhaps in a telic sense (thus, “[I want you] to recall…[and especially] to understand this as foremost”). The following statement then would constitute the main predictions with which the author was presently concerned. An alternative is to take it imperativally: “Above all, know this.” In this instance, however, there is little semantic difference (since a telic participle and imperatival participle end up urging an action). Cf. also 2 Pet 1:20.
[3:3] 6 tn The Greek reads “scoffers in their scoffing” for “blatant scoffers.” The use of the cognate dative is a Semitism designed to intensify the word it is related to. The idiom is foreign to English. As a Semitism, it is further incidental evidence of the authenticity of the letter (see the note on “Simeon” in 1:1 for other evidence).
