Are Paul's letters still being twisted today?
Yes. Paul's letters are still being twisted today. As Peter wrote, the unlearned and unstable twist them, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Peter pointed people to Paul's epistles for salvation rather than back to the Gospels, Christ's earthly ministry, Pentecost, or his message to Israel.
Les explains that Peter acknowledged Paul's letters contain things hard to be understood, and that the unlearned and unstable twist them, just as they twist the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. When Peter asks if they are doing it, the answer is emphatic: "You better believe it." Les emphasizes that they are still twisting the Scriptures today. Peter's point, according to Les, is that for salvation now one should not go back to the Gospels, Christ's earthly ministry, Pentecost, or what Peter told Israel, but to Paul's epistles, where salvation is found.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
More Questions
Have people been twisting Scripture throughout church history?
Ever since Peter wrote these words, people have been twisting the Scriptures to match their own ideas, and this is constantly happening.
Who else besides Peter found Paul's writings hard to be understood?
Peter was not alone in finding Paul's writings hard to understand, because there is a whole multitude of unlearned and unstable people who twist them.