Jude 18
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18 for they told you,(A) “In [the] last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires.”[a]
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- 18 This is the substance of much early Christian preaching rather than a direct quotation of any of the various New Testament passages on this theme (see Mk 13:22; Acts 20:30; 1 Tm 4:1–3; 2 Pt 3:3).
1 Corinthians 10:10
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10 Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer.(A)
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2 Peter 2:10
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10 and especially those who follow the flesh with its depraved desire and show contempt for lordship.(A)
False Teachers Denounced.[a] Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to revile glorious beings,[b]
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- 2:10b–22 Some take 2 Pt 2:10b, 11 with the preceding paragraph. Others begin the new paragraph with 2 Pt 2:10a, supplying from 2 Pt 2:9 The Lord knows how…to keep…under punishment, with reference to God and probably specifically Christ (2 Pt 2:1). The conduct of the false teachers is described and condemned in language similar to that of Jude 8–16. This arrogance knows no bounds; animal-like, they are due to be caught and destroyed. They seduce even those who have knowledge of Christ (2 Pt 2:20).
- 2:10b Glorious beings: literally, “glories”; cf. Jude 8. While some think that illustrious personages are meant or even political officials behind whom (fallen) angels stand, it is more likely that the reference is to glorious angelic beings (cf. Jude 9).
2 Peter 2:18
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18 For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped[a] from people who live in error.(A)
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- 2:18 Barely escaped: some manuscripts read “really escaped.”
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