Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Peter 2:17

"These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved." — 2 Peter 2:17 (ASV)

Whatever else may be said about this chapter, it is a powerful piece of writing that gains momentum as it reaches its climax. In vivid words, Peter goes on to describe the false teachers as “springs without water.” Christ provides “a spring of water welling up to eternal life” , and from those who believe in him flow streams of living water . But the false teachers give nothing because they have nothing to give. They are “mists driven by a storm,” a metaphor of their instability. The “blackest darkness... reserved for them” may refer to hell.