2 Timothy 2:26 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

BSB

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ASV

and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

KJV

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And that they may recover themselves - The construction of this verse is extremely difficult, though the sense given by our translation is plain enough. I shall set down the original, and the principal English translations: - Και ανανηψωσιν εκ της του διαβολου παγιδος, εζωγρημενοι ὑπ’ αυτου εις εκεινου θελημα. And thei rise agein fro snaaris of the debyl, of whome thei ben holde captyffis at his wille. - Wiclif. First translation into English, 1378. And to turne agayne from the snare of devell, which are holden in prison of him at his will. - Coverdale.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

However, different Greek pronouns stand for "him" and "his"; and the Greek for "taken captive" means not "captured for destruction," but "for being saved alive," as in Lu 5:10, "Thou shalt catch men to save them unto life"; also there is no article before the Greek participle, which the English Version "who are taken captive," would require.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνανήψωσιν	ananēpsōsin	they may recover	G366 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
διαβόλου	diabolou	devil	G1228 →
παγίδος	pagidos	snare	G3803 →
ἐζωγρημένοι	ezōgrēmenoi	captured	G2221 →
ὑπ᾽	hup᾽	by	G5259 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐκείνου	ekeinou	his	G1565 →
θέλημα.¶	thelēma	will.	G2307 →

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

G1565ekeinouhis260×

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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
Colossians 1:13
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
leads to
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Titus 3:3–6
  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.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12
  encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
Through
Psalms 124:7
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
leads to
- Psalms 91:3
  Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- Proverbs 6:5
  Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Psalms 25:15
  My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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Where the connections lead

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