<p>2:18 <em>For when they speak- </em>They were teachers within the church.</p><p><em>Great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error</em>- The lewdness and lusts of the flesh all have sexual hints. As noted on :14 and :19, they were justifying sexual immorality within the church and actually at the breaking of bread meeting. We recall how there was a false teacher code named &quot;Jezebel&quot; who taught fornication within the church, claiming that she was speaking inspired words of prophecy which permitted and commanded fornication (Rev. 2:20). Their words were &ldquo;swelling&rdquo;, just as false teaching is likened to yeast which swells up.</p>