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Whose end is destruction; their condition will at last be miserable, as he had limited above, Phi_1:28, of their being under the dismal token of perdition; their end will be according to their works, 2Co_11:15. However they may live delicately at present, in gratifying their sensual appetites, be free from persecution, admired and respected by many, and please themselves in their present course, yet their fruit and wages at the last cast will be dreadful, Rom_6:21,23 Ga 6:8 Rev_18:8 19:20,21.
Whose God is their belly; the great business of these is, their sensuality, their good eating and drinking; they mind the pleasing of their carnal appetite, as if it were their God, 2Pe_2:13,18 3:3; instead of our Lord Jesus Christ, really they serve their own belly, Rom_16:18, love their pleasures indeed more than God, 2Ti_3:4.
And whose glory is in their shame; yea, they boast of those things whereof they ought to be ashamed, thinking it reputation they have got many to imitate thein, Joh_5:44 12:43 they are puffed up with that which should rather make them to blush, 1Co_5:2, as being attended at last with confusion.
Who mind earthly things; however under the colour of Christianity, they at present are taken up in the pursuit of their sensual and earthly enjoyments. The Greek word comprehends the actions and operations of the mind, will, and affections, importing they did inordinately mind, favour, and relish sublunary accommodations, Rom_8:5, the profits, ease, bounty, pleasure, and glory of this world, preferring them in their hearts to the things of Christ.