Verse 17
Like the springs and mists Peter described, the false teachers failed to deliver what they promised.
"Heterodoxy is all very novel in the classroom; it is extremely unsatisfying in the parish." [Note: Green, p. 114.]
These teachers were hypocrites (cf. Judges 12). They would spend eternity in the darkness that symbolizes separation from Him who is light (cf. Matthew 25:30; 1 John 1:6; Judges 13) because they turned from the light of God (1 John 1:5). Elsewhere another figure of the final destiny of the lost is the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14-15). Since fire gives light we should probably understand both figures, darkness and fire, to represent two aspects of eternal judgment, namely, separation from God and torment. The figures do not contradict each other if understood this way.
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