Definitions & Insights – Captive

“Captive”

• Not able to act independently¹
• 2 Timothy 2:26 (NKJV) – “the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will”

“Captivity”

• Not acting independently of something or someone
• Under the influence of
• Bringing forth fruit of someone else’s design, according to their purposes, and using their methods
• 2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV)  – “bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ”

1. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th ed.(Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008), 219.