<p>2:13 <em>Suffering wrong as the wages of wrong-doing- </em>This implies that the false teachers were even in this life suffering a&nbsp;punishment appropriate to the kind of sin they were committing. The phrase &quot;the wages of wrong-doing&quot; is repeated in :15 regarding how Balaam loved such wages. The only other usage of the phrase is in Acts 1:18 about how Judas bought a field with his &quot;wages of wrong-doing&quot;. These false teachers were after money, but that love of money lead them to even now 'suffer wrong', just as happened to Judas.&nbsp; It would seem from some hints in 1 Peter that the 'wrong' they suffered was at the hands of the local civil authorities.</p><p>The allusion to Judas makes Judas out to be the arch apostate and betrayer of the Lord Jesus, whose example was followed by these false teachers. And yet Judas and Peter had committed in essence the same sin of denying their Lord, and at the very same time. Peter would have intensely been aware of this. And yet he holds up Judas as a prototype of all who fall, as if to say: &lsquo;And there, but for the Lord&rsquo;s grace, nearly went I. See the terror of it, and turn away from that road. I of all men can tell you that&rsquo;.&nbsp;</p><p><em>They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime- </em>One wonders about the way that Peter describes the apostate believer as drunk in the day time, when earlier he had dismissed with a confident logic the claim that he was drunk at Pentecost by saying that it couldn&rsquo;t possibly be so, because it was early in the day and people can only get drunk at night (Acts 2:15). Could it be that his perception of sinfulness and the grossness of this present evil world had increased by the end of his life?</p><p><em>Spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you</em>- These people were apparently confidently participating in the breaking of bread meetings. As happened at Corinth, these meetings were being turned into drunken feasts. They were unashamedly out to deceive the Lord's people through participating at these feasts. These were the types who needed to be excluded from the Lord's supper- not sincere folks who may have failed in some ways or who honestly misunderstand some of His teachings. They were spots and blemishes upon the bride of Christ. The Lord Jesus is working to present us to Himself <em>without</em> blemish (Jude 24 s.w.). These false teachers were therefore working directly against the Lord's work and intention.</p>