Katastrophe denotes destructive ruin, whether of condemned cities or of hearers harmed by useless quarrelling.

The two attested uses present destructive ruin in distinct settings: the devastation of condemned cities in 2 Peter 2:6 and the harmful outcome for those hearing useless quarrelling in 2 Timothy 2:14.

1. Destructive ruin · dominant

   In 2 Peter 2:6, the dative singular form occurs in the clause about condemning Sodom and Gomorrah and turning them to ashes; the APB renders the verse as their being made an example of what is coming upon the ungodly. In 2 Timothy 2:14, the same form occurs with the warning against useless quarrelling, which the APB says is "leading to the ruin of those who hear."

   2 Peter 2:62 Timothy 2:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "ruin" in 2 Timothy 2:14, while 2 Peter 2:6 presents the destruction through condemnation, ashes, and an example. Its wording does not isolate the term in 2 Peter 2:6.