2 Peter 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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Study Note
The condemnation of false teachers who have 'forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam' picks up the Balaam tradition of Numbers 22-24 as the paradigmatic example of prophetic ministry corrupted by mercenary motivation. In Numbers, Balaam cannot curse Israel because God prevents him, but Numbers 31:16 and Revelation 2:14 indicate that Balaam later taught Balak to corrupt Israel through idolatry and sexual immorality — a more insidious strategy than direct cursing. The characterization of the false teachers' motivation as 'wages of unrighteousness' (misthos adikias) identifies financial motivation as the underlying corruption of their ministry. Jude 11 includes Balaam in a triad of Old Testament negative examples (Cain, Balaam, Korah) used to characterize false teachers.
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forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;
having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the <FI>son<Fi> of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
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