2Pe 2:12 | RWP | e4.org | But these ( ουτο δε ). The false teachers of verse . As creatures ( ζωα ). Living creatures, old word, from ζωος (alive), ; . Without reason ( αλογα ). Old adjective, in N.T. only here, ; . Brute beasts like θηρια (wild animals). Born ( γεγεννημενα ). Perfect passive participle of γενναω . Mere animals ( φυσικα ). Old adjective in -ικος (from φυσις , nature), natural animals, here only in N.T. To be taken ( εις αλωσιν ). "For capture" (old substantive, from αλοω , here only in N.T.). And destroyed ( κα φθοραν ). "And for destruction" just like a beast of prey caught. See . In matters whereof they are ignorant ( εν οις αγνοουσιν ). "In which things they are ignorant." Here εν οις = εν τουτοις α (in those things which), a common Greek idiom. For αγνοεω (present active indicative) see ; for a like picture of loud ignoramuses posing as professional experts. Shall in their destroying surely be destroyed ( εν τη φθορα αυτων φθαρησοντα ). Second future passive of φθειρω . Rhetorical Hebraism in the use of εν φθορα (same root as φθειρω ), word four times in II Peter. See .

‏ 2 Peter 2:12

But these ( ουτο δε ). The false teachers of verse 1.

As creatures ( ζωα ). Living creatures, old word, from ζωος (alive), Jude 1:10; Re 4:6-9.

Without reason ( αλογα ). Old adjective, in N.T. only here, Jude 1:10; Ac 25:27. Brute beasts like θηρια (wild animals).

Born ( γεγεννημενα ). Perfect passive participle of γενναω.

Mere animals ( φυσικα ). Old adjective in -ικος (from φυσις, nature), natural animals, here only in N.T.

To be taken ( εις αλωσιν ). "For capture" (old substantive, from αλοω, here only in N.T.).

And destroyed ( κα φθοραν ). "And for destruction" just like a beast of prey caught. See 1:4.

In matters whereof they are ignorant ( εν οις αγνοουσιν ). "In which things they are ignorant." Here εν οις = εν τουτοις α (in those things which), a common Greek idiom. For αγνοεω (present active indicative) see 1Th 4:13; 1Ti 1:7 for a like picture of loud ignoramuses posing as professional experts.

Shall in their destroying surely be destroyed ( εν τη φθορα αυτων φθαρησοντα ). Second future passive of φθειρω. Rhetorical Hebraism in the use of εν φθορα (same root as φθειρω ), word four times in II Peter. See Jude 1:10.