2 Peter 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

BSB

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ASV

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

KJV

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Having eyes full of adultery,.... For the seventh command is not only violated by unclean actions, and obscene words, but also by unchaste looks: and so the Jews explain (k) that precept, ""thou shalt not commit adultery", Exo 20:14; you shall not go after your hearts, nor after "your eyes"; says R. Levi, the heart and the "eye" are sin's two brokers.'' Hence we read (l) of נואף בעיניו, "one that commits adultery with his eyes"; See Gill on Mat 5:28; compare Job 31:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Having eyes full of adultery - Μοιχαλιδος· Of an adulteress; being ever bent on the gratification of their sensual desires, so that they are represented as having an adulteress constantly before their eyes, and that their eyes can take in no other object but her. But instead of μοιχαλιδος of an adulteress, the Codex Alexandrinus, three others, with the Coptic, Vulgate, and one copy of the Itala, together with several of the fathers, have μοιχαλιας, of adultery.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Job 31:7, "Mine heart walked after mine eyes." covetous practices--The oldest manuscripts read singular, "covetousness." cursed children--rather as Greek, "children of curse," that is, devoted to the curse.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
ἔχοντες	echontes	having	G2192 →
μεστοὺς	mestous	full	G3324 →
μοιχαλίδος	moichalidos	of adultery	G3428 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀκαταπαύστους	akatapaustous	unceasing	G180 →
ἁμαρτίας,	hamartias	from sin,	G266 →
δελεάζοντες	deleazontes	enticing	G1185 →
ψυχὰς	psuchas	souls	G5590 →
ἀστηρίκτους,	astēriktous	unestablished,	G793 →
καρδίαν	kardian	a heart	G2588 →
γεγυμνασμένην	gegumnasmenēn	exercised	G1128 →
πλεονεξίας	pleonexias	in craving	G4124 →
ἔχοντες,	echontes	having —	G2192 →
κατάρας	kataras	of a curse	G2671 →
τέκνα.	tekna	children!	G5043 →

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
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:9
  Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to…
- Romans 16:17–18
  Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- 1 John 4:1
  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- James 1:6
  But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Through
Ephesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
leads to
- Titus 3:3
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Through
Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
leads to
- Colossians 2:4
  I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.