amathes describes people who distort difficult writings in a state of ignorance.

The sole attested use describes people characterized by ignorance as they distort matters that are hard to understand.

1. Ignorant people who distort writings · dominant

   In 2 Peter 3:16, the nominative plural masculine form identifies a group that distorts things described as hard to understand. The APB renders the clause "which the ignorant and unstable distort," connecting their ignorance with this destructive action.

   2 Peter 3:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 3:16, the APB presents the group as "the ignorant and unstable" who distort difficult material.