And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
These fake teachers will use smooth talk to take advantage of you because they're greedy, they'll basically turn you into their personal ATM. But don't worry, their judgment has been waiting in the wings for a long time, and their destruction isn't sleeping on the job.
Greedy fake teachers will try to cash in on you, but their judgment is already locked and loaded.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the early Christian church was facing internal threats from false teachers who sought to deceive believers and profit from them through greed and manipulative speech. Peter, writing this letter likely from Rome towards the end of his life, drew on Old Testament examples of God's judgment on similar figures to warn his readers. He emphasized that these exploiters would not escape divine justice, as God's punishment was already decreed and imminent.
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