2 Peter 2:13

13. receive—"shall carry off as their due."

reward of—that is, for their "unrighteousness" [ALFORD]. Perhaps it is implied, unrighteousness shall be its own reward or punishment. "Wages of unrighteousness" ( :-) has a different sense, namely, the earthly gain to be gotten by "unrighteousness."

in the daytime—Translate as Greek, "counting the luxury which is in the daytime (not restricted to night, as ordinary revelling. Or as Vulgate and CALVIN, "the luxury which is but for a day": so :-, "the pleasures of sin for a season"; and Hebrews 12:16, Esau) to be pleasure," that is, to be their chief good and highest enjoyment.

Spots—in themselves.

blemishes—disgraces: bringing blame (so the Greek) on the Church and on Christianity itself.

sporting themselves—Greek, "luxuriating."

with—Greek, "in."

deceivings—or else passively, "deceits": luxuries gotten by deceit. Compare Matthew 13:22, "Deceitfulness of riches"; Matthew 13:22- :, "Deceitful lusts." While deceiving others, they are deceived themselves. Compare with English Version, Matthew 13:22- :, "Whose glory is in their shame." "Their own" stands in opposition to "you": "While partaking of the love-feast (compare Judges 1:12) with you," they are at the same time "luxuriating in their own deceivings," or "deceits" (to which latter clause answers Judges 1:12, end: Peter presents the positive side, "they luxuriate in their own deceivings"; Jude, the negative, "feeding themselves without fear"). But several of the oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac, and Sahidic Versions read (as Jude), "In their own love-feasts": "their own" will then imply that they pervert the love-feasts so as to make them subserve their own self-indulgent purposes.