False Teachers Bought By God

. . . even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. (2 Peter 2:1c)The conjunction “even” underscores the unthinkable magnitude of the false teachers’ arrogance—a pride that evidenced itself by “denying the Master.” “Denying” is a strong term meaning “to refuse,” “to be unwilling,” or “to firmly say no.” The same verb appears in Hebrews 11:24 to describe Moses’ refusal to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. Here in this passage, Peter used the present tense participle (arnoumenoi) to denote a habitual pattern of refusal, indicating that false teachers characteristically reject divine authority (cf. Jude 8). . . .