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vessels of wrath fitted themselves for “destruction”, of the adversaries of the Lord’s
people, Phil. 1:28 (“perdition”); of professing Christians, really enemies of the cross of
Christ, Phil. 3:19 (
RV
, “perdition”); of those who are subjects of foolish and hurtful lusts,
1 Tim. 6:9 (for the preceding word “destruction” see No. 3, below); of professing Hebrew
adherents who shrink back into unbelief, Heb. 10:39; of false teachers, 2 Pet. 2:1, 3; of
ungodly men, 3:7; of those who wrest the Scriptures, 3:16; of the Beast, the final head of
the revived Roman Empire, Rev. 17:8, 11; (c) of impersonal subjects, as heresies, 2 Pet.
2:1, where “destructive heresies” (
RV
;
KJV
, “damnable”) is, lit., “heresies of destruction”
(marg., “sects of perdition”); in v. 2 the most authentic mss. have
, “lascivious,”
instead of
. See
PERDITION
,
PERNICIOUS
,
WASTE
.¶
2.
(
&$
, 2506), akin to A, No. 3, “a taking down, a pulling down,”
is used three times in 2 Cor.,“casting down” in the
RV
in each place; in 10:4 (
KJV
,
“pulling down”); in 10:8 and 13:10 (
KJV
, “destruction”). See
PULL
.¶
3.
(
7 $
, 3639), “ruin, destruction,” akin to A, No. 6, always translated
“destruction,” is used in 1 Cor. 5:5, of the effect upon the physical condition of an erring
believer for the purpose of his spiritual profit; in 1 Thess. 5:3 and 2 Thess. 1:9, of the
effect of the divine judgments upon men at the ushering in of the Day of the Lord and the
revelation of the Lord Jesus; in 1 Tim. 6:9, of the consequences of the indulgence of the
flesh, referring to physical “ruin” and possibly that of the whole being, the following
word
(see No. 1) stressing the final, eternal and irrevocable character of the ruin.¶
4.
(
$1
, 5356), akin to A, No. 8, denotes “the destruction that comes with
corruption.” In 2 Pet. 2:12 it is used twice; for the
KJV
, “made to be taken and destroyed
… shall utterly perish (
) in their own corruption,” the
RV
has “to be taken and
destroyed (lit., ‘unto capture and destruction,’
) … shall in their destroying
(
) surely be destroyed,” taking the noun in the last clause in the sense of their act
of “destroying” others. See
CORRUPT
,
CORRUPTION
.
5.
$
(
"
$
, 4938), “a breaking in pieces, shattering” (the
corresponding verb is
$
; see under
BREAK
,
BRUISE
), hence, “ruin, destruction,” is
compounded of sun, “together,” and
, “a rubbing or wearing away.” The latter,
and
, “to beat,” are derived from a root, signifying “to rub, wear away”; hence Eng.,
“tribulation and trouble.” It is used, metaphorically, of “destruction,” in Rom. 3:16 (from
Isa. 59:7), which, in a passage setting forth the sinful state of mankind in general,
suggests the “wearing” process of the effects of cruelty.¶ The word is frequent in the
Sept., especially in Isaiah and Jeremiah.
DETERMINE, DETERMINATE
1.
(
$&
, 2919), primarily “to separate,” hence, “to be of opinion, approve,
esteem,” Rom. 14:5, also “to determine, resolve, decree,” is used in this sense in Acts
3:13; 20:16; 25:25; 27:1; 1 Cor. 2:2; 2 Cor. 2:1; Titus 3:12. See
CONDEMN
,
JUDGE
,
JUDGMENT
,
LAW
, B, No. 2