2 Peter 2:12

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

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WEBBE

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

BSB

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

KJV

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

ASV

But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

BBE

But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

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οὗτοι houtoi These G3778 δὲ de however G1161 ὡς hōs like G5613 ἄλογα aloga irrational G249 ζῷα zōa animals G2226 γεγεννημένα gegennēmena they were born G1080 φυσικὰ phusika as creatures of instinct G5446 εἰς eis for G1519 ἅλωσιν halōsin capture G259 καὶ kai and G2532 φθοράν phthoran destruction G5356 ἐν en in G1722 οἷς hois what G3739 ἀγνοοῦσιν agnoousin they are ignorant of G50 βλασφημοῦντες blasphēmountes blaspheming G987 ἐν en in G1722 τῇ tēa the G3588 φθορᾷ phthora destruction G5356 αὐτῶν autōn of them G846 καὶ kai also G2532 φθαρήσονται phtharēsontai will be destroyed G5351

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–16

Impure seducers and their abandoned followers, give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ, they act against God's righteous precepts. They walk after the flesh, they go on in sinful courses, and increase to greater degrees of impurity and wickedness. They also despise those whom God has set in authority over them, and requires them to honour. Outward temporal good things are the wages sinners expect and promise themselves. And none have more cause to tremble, than those who are bold to gratify their sinful lusts, by presuming on the Divine grace and mercy. Many such there have been, and are, who speak lightly of the restraints of God's law, and deem themselves freed from obligations to obey it. Let Christians stand at a distance from such.

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Jude 1:10

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Wicked (People)DeathWorldlinessCorruption

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.