1But there arose false-prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false-teachers,—men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction;stylusMatthew 7:15, Matthew 7:15, Jude 1:4, Jude 1:4, Deuteronomy 13:12And, many, will follow out their wanton ways,—by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,stylusRomans 2:24, Romans 2:24, Jude 1:10, Jude 1:10, Titus 2:83And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.stylus2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 2:17, Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:35, 1 Thessalonians 2:54For—if, God, spared not, messengers, when they sinned, but, to pits of gloom, consigning them, in the lowest hades, delivered them up to be kept, unto judgment,—stylusJude 1:6, Jude 1:6, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:41, Romans 8:325And, an ancient world, spared not, but, with seven others, preserved, Noah, a proclaimer, of righteousness, a flood, upon a world of ungodly persons, letting loose,—stylusHebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:7, 2 Peter 3:6, 2 Peter 3:6, Jude 1:146And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth,—stylusJude 1:7, Jude 1:7, Luke 17:28, Luke 17:30, Luke 17:287And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued—stylusGenesis 19:16, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 19:29, Jeremiah 23:98For, in seeing and hearing, since he dwelt right among them, as a righteous man, he used to torment his soul, day by day, with their lawless deeds—stylusPsalms 119:158, Psalms 119:158, Ezekiel 9:4, Ezekiel 9:4, Psalms 119:1369[Then] the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished;—stylus1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:1510Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,—daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,stylusJude 1:16, Jude 1:16, Jude 1:10, Jude 1:10, Exodus 22:2811where, messengers, though, greater in might and power, are not bringing against them [before the Lord] a defamatory accusation,—stylusJude 1:9, Jude 1:9, Psalms 104:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Psalms 104:412These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil,—stylusJude 1:10, Jude 1:10, Jeremiah 12:3, Jeremiah 12:3, 2 Peter 2:1913Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day-time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you,stylusRomans 13:13, Romans 13:13, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9, Romans 2:814Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,—children of a curse,—stylus2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:18, Ephesians 2:315Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong,stylusRevelation 2:14, Revelation 2:14, Jude 1:11, Jude 1:11, Deuteronomy 23:416But had, a reproof, of his own transgression, a dumb beast of burden, in man’s voice, finding utterance, forbade the prophet’s madness.stylusNumbers 22:21, Numbers 22:33, Numbers 22:21, Numbers 22:33, Acts 26:1117These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,—for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved;stylusJude 1:12, Jude 1:13, Jude 1:12, Jude 1:13, Jeremiah 14:318For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings—in wanton ways—them who are, well-nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;stylus2 Peter 2:20, Jude 1:15, Jude 1:16, 2 Peter 2:20, Jude 1:1519Promising, freedom to them, they themselves, being all the while, slaves of corruption,—for, by whom one hath been defeated, by the same, hath he become enslaved,—stylusJohn 8:34, John 8:34, Romans 6:16, Romans 6:22, Romans 6:1620For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first;stylusHebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 6:421For, better, had it been for them—not to have obtained a personal knowledge of the way of righteousness, than, having obtained such knowledge, to turn back out of the holy commandment delivered unto them.stylusEzekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:24, James 4:17, James 4:17, Hebrews 6:422There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb—A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and—A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.stylusProverbs 26:11, Proverbs 26:11