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Ruth Anne Reese explores the theological and literary meaning of 2 Peter and Jude with an emphasis on theology for the church today. She seeks to meld together the best tools derived from the disciplines of both biblical studies and theology. Reese's 2 Peter and Jude begins with a general introduction to the two books and proceeds to look at each text, exploring the meaning of particular words...

The final clause in this sentence is the set of allusions in v. 7. Here, the author returns to the Old Testament and draws on the famous judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah to strengthen his point. The language of fornication and desiring other flesh (most likely a reference to the men of Sodom who unknowingly desired to sleep with angels) ties into the description of the Others as people who use God’s grace for a license to live unregulated lives of sexual indulgence. This third allusion to Sodom and
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