Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Parallel translations
- WEB whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
- KJV Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
- NKJV whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.
- NASB whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things.
- NLT They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
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Quick answer
Those who oppose the cross face destruction; their appetites are their god, they boast in shameful things, and they are fixated on earthly matters. Self-indulgence ends in ruin.
Overview
Paul exposes the trajectory of a life ruled by the flesh: its end is destruction, its devotion is to bodily appetite, its pride is in what should bring shame, and its horizon is merely earthly. This sober description warns the church and sets up the sharp contrast of the heavenly citizenship that follows. Apart from the cross, earthly-mindedness leads only to ruin.
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- Rom 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Rom 8:5–7Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- 2 Pet 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Col 3:2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Jude 1:12–13These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
- 2 Pet 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 2 Cor 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
- 2 Cor 11:12But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
- Hos 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
- 2 Pet 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
- Gal 6:13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- 1 Cor 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- Ps 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Titus 1:11–12who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- 1 Cor 5:2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- Mal 1:12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
- Jude 1:16These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
- 1 Cor 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Ezek 34:3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- 2 Th 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- 1 Tim 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- 2 Pet 2:17–19These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- 2 Th 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
- 2 Tim 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- Rev 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Phil 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- Matt 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Heb 6:6–8and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Mic 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- Jas 4:16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
- Mic 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Ps 52:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Ps 4:6–7Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Rev 20:9–10And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- Matt 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
- 1 Sam 2:11–16Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
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