But these, as natural brute beasts,.... So far are these men from acting like the angels, that they are sunk below their own species, and are like beasts, and become brutish in their knowledge and behaviour; are like the horse and the mule, without understanding, act as if they were without reason; yea, are more stupid and senseless than the ox, or the ass, which know their owner, and their crib; and even in those things which they might, and do know by the light of nature, they corrupt themselves; and being given up to judicial blindness, and a reprobate mind, call good evil, and evil good, and do things that are not convenient, and which even brute beasts do not; and like as they are guided by an instinct in nature, to do what they do, so these men are led and influenced by the force and power of corrupt nature in them, to commit all manner of wickedness: and like them aremade to be taken and destroyed; or, as it may be rendered, "to take and destroy"; as beasts and birds of prey, such as lions, tigers, wolves, bears, vultures, hawks, &c.
Bible Commentary
2 Peter 2:12
2 Peter 2:12
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
The Daily Devotional
One devotional. Every morning.
The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.
We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.
Continue tomorrow
Turn Bible study into a daily habit
Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.
Recommended reading
More for 2 Peter 2:12
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
2 Peter 2 — Overview2 Peter 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe apostle, having in the foregoing chapter exhorted them to proceed
and advance in the Christian race, now comes to remove, as much as in
him lay, what he could not but apprehend would hinder their complying…2 Peter 2 — Overview2 Peter 2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Peter 2:1, He foretells them of false teachers, shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers; 2 Peter 2:7, from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom; 2 Peter 2:10, and…2 Peter 2 — Overview2 Peter 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains a description of false teachers, that were then in Christian churches, as there had been false prophets among the Jews; and they are described by the doctrines, which they privily introduced; in…2 Peter 2:10-222 Peter 2:10-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe apostle's design being to warn us of, and arm us against, seducers,
he now returns to discourse more particularly of them, and give us an
account of their character and conduct, which abundantly justifies the…2 Peter 2:122 Peter 2:12 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeas natural: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 94:8; Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 5:4, Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 12:3; Ezekiel 21:31; Jude 1:10
perish: 2 Peter 2:19, 2 Peter 1:4; Proverbs 14:32; John 8:21;…
commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.devotionThe One Who Found GraceNoah built an ark in a world with no rain. People thought he was foolish. Then it rained. Keep building what God told you to build.DiscipleDeckdevotionThe Faithful FewThe world didn't understand the ark until the rain came. Keep building what God told you to build.DiscipleDecksermonThe Mystery of IniquitySermon 61 The Mystery of Iniquity “The mystery of iniquity doth already work.” 2 Thess. 2:7. 1. Without inquiring how far these words refer to any...John Wesley