Study it in the app“But these, like irrational animals, born by nature for capture and destruction, blaspheming in matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,”
Butδέthese,οὗτοιlikeὡςirrationalἄλογαanimals,ζῷαbornγεγεννημέναby natureφυσικὰforεἰςcaptureἅλωσινandκαὶdestruction,φθοράνblasphemingβλασφημοῦντεςinἐνmatters of whichοἷςthey are ignorant,ἀγνοοῦσινwill alsoκαὶbe destroyedφθαρήσονταιinἐνtheir destruction,τῇ φθορᾷ αὐτῶν
irrational
Without reason, led by instinct.
Where else “aloga” appearsanimal
A living creature that lives by instinct, without reason.
Where else “zōia” appearsbe born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gegennēmena” appearsby instinct
By mere instinct, from birth.
Where else “physika” appearscapture
Capture, being caught.
Where else “halōsin” appearsdestruction
The final ruin of what is lost forever.
Where else “phthoran” appearsblaspheme
To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.
Where else “blasphēmountes” appearsnot know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoousin” appearsdestroy
To tear something down until it lies in ruins.
Where else “phtharēsontai” appears“Destruction”: the same word as “corruption” in 1:4 and 2:19.
11whereas angels, though they are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a blasphemous judgment.
12 · This verse (above)
13suffering wrong as the wage of their unrighteousness. They consider luxury in broad daylight a pleasure; they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.
