2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not… 1. Sin, where it reigns, turns a man into a brute beast as it were. This is showed in all those places of Scripture where wicked men are compared unto brute beasts, either in general or in special, to horses, mules, dogs, swine, foxes, wolves, bears, lions, etc. 2. The fountain of all this sin and misery is the want of a right and spiritual judgment. 3. A sign of such a condition, that is, of a man turning to a brute beast, is to follow the passions of corrupted nature without reason. 4. Such men do corrupt also whatsoever natural goodness they have in them. 5. Such sinners are entangled in their sins, and kept unto destruction like as brute beasts in their snares, wherewith they are taken (2 Timothy 2:26; Lamentations 1:14). (Wm. Ames, D. D.) Parallel Verses 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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