2 Peter 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 2:12

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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,

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;

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

CATENA (444)

The inspired psalmist said this when he sang: "Man, when honored, had no understanding. He is like the beasts that perish." Although human beings had laws, their morals were irrational, and they soon degenerated into animals whose only end was destruction.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But these, as natural brute beasts - ‘Ὡς αλογα ζωα φυσικα· As those natural animals void of reason, following only the gross instinct of nature, being governed neither by reason nor religion. Made to be taken and destroyed - Intended to be taken with nets and gins, and then destroyed, because of their fierce and destructive nature; so these false teachers and insurgents must be treated; first incarcerated, and then brought to judgment, that they may have the reward of their doings.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
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 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- James 3:18
  Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
- 2 Peter 2:19
  They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- Hosea 10:13
  You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
- Job 4:8
  As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Through
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
leads to
- John 8:34
  Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
- Romans 6:16–22
  Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to…
Through
Psalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.