5Now I desire to remind you,

though you know all things once for all,

T that the Lord after saving a people out of the land of Egypt,

subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

but abandoned their proper abode,

and the cities around them,

since they in the same way as these

and went after strange flesh,

are exhibited as an example,

in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

8Yet in the same manner

these men also by dreaming

    T defile the flesh,

    T and reject authority,

    T and revile angelic majesties.

9But Michael

the archangel

when he disputed with the devil

and argued about the body of Moses

did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment,

but said, "the lord rebuke you."

10But these men revile the things which they do not understand;

and the things which they know by instinct,

like unreasoning animals,

by these things they are destroyed.

11Woe to them!

    T For they have gone the way of Cain,

    T and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam,

    T and perish in the rebellion of Korah.

12These men are those who are

hidden reefs in your love-feasts when they feast with you

without fear,

caring for themselves;

clouds without water,

carried along by winds;

autumn tress without fruit,

doubly dead,

uprooted;

¹³ wild waves of the sea,

for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

14And about these also Enoch,

in the seventh generation from Adam,

prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

¹⁵to execute judgment upon all,

and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way,

and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

16These are grumblers,

finding fault,

following after their own lusts,

they speak arrogantly,

flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.

The Reminder Of Coming Apostates (vv.17-19)

¹⁷But you, beloved,

ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand

by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18that they were saying to you,

"In the last time

there shall be mockers,

following after their own ungodly lusts."

19These are the ones

who cause divisions,

worldly-minded,

devoid of the Spirit.

The Guidelines For Apostasy (vv.20-23)

20But you, beloved,

building yourselves up on your most holy faith;

praying in the Holy Spirit;

21keep yourselves in the love of God,

waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

    T ²²And have mercy on some,

who are doubting;

    T ²³save others,

snatching them out of the fire;

    T and on some

have mercy with fear,

hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

The Victory Over Apostasy (vv.24-25)

24Now to Him

who is able

to keep you from stumbling,

and to make you stand in the presence of His glory

blameless

with great joy,

25to the only God our Savior,

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

be glory,

majesty,

dominion

and authority,

T before all time

T and now

T and forever.

Amen.

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