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10 But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct – like irrational animals – by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,(A) have plunged into Balaam’s error(B) for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.(C)

The Apostates’ Doom

12 These people are dangerous reefs[a] at your love feasts(D) as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;(E) trees in late autumn – fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.

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  1. 12 Or are like blemishes

10 (A)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (B)of Cain, (C)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (D)in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are [a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
  2. Jude 1:12 NU, M along