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Jude 1:16
16These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
Jude 1:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
- New Living Translation (NLT)These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.
Context of Jude 1:16
14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. 17But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
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οὗτοί εἰσιν γογγυσταὶ μεμψίμοιροι, κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας ἑαυτῶν πορευόμενοι, καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελείας χάριν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- murmurersγογγυστήςgoggustēs · a murmurerG1113
- complainersμεμψίμοιροςmempsimoiros · malcontentG3202
- walkingπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
- afterκατάkata · according toG2596
- their ownαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- lustsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
- speakethλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- great swellingὑπέρογκοςhuperogkos · boastfulG5246
- havingθαυμάζωthaumazō · to marvelG2296
- men’s personsπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
- because ofχάρινcharin · because ofG5484
- advantageὠφέλειαōpheleia · advantageG5622
Cross-references for Jude 1:16
- Numbers 14:36So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it—
- Numbers 16:11It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?”
- Deuteronomy 1:27You grumbled in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
- Psalms 106:25They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the Lord.
- Isaiah 29:24Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction.”
- Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Luke 19:7All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
- John 6:41At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Philippians 2:14Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
- Jude 1:18They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
- Galatians 5:16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
- James 1:14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
Commentaries on Jude 1:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16These are murmurers - Grudging and grumbling at all men, and at all things; complainers, , complainers of their fate or destiny - finding fault with God and all his providential dispensations, making and governing worlds in their own way; persons whom neither God nor man can please. Walking after their own lusts - Taking their wild, disorderly, and impure passions for the rule of their conduct, and not the writings of the prophets and apostles. Great…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16These are murmurers - The word here used does not elsewhere occur, though the word “murmur” is frequent, Matthew 20:11; Luke 5:30; John 6:41, John 6:43, John 6:61; John 7:32; 1 Corinthians 10:10. Compare John 7:12; Acts 6:1; Philemon 2:14; 1 Peter 4:9. The sense is that of repining or complaining under the allotments of Providence, or finding fault with God‘s plans, and purposes, and doings. Complainers - Literally, finding fault with one‘s own lot ( ́…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul. These teachers are of a disturbed mind and a seditious spirit; forgetting that the powers that be, are ordained of God, Ro 13:1. As to the contest about the body of Moses, it appears that Satan wished to make the place of his burial known to the Israelites, in order to tempt them to worship him, but he was prevented, and vented his rage in desperate blasphemy. This…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-16This section explains "designated long ago for condemnation" in 1:4 by using Old Testament examples of God's judgment on false teachers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. murmurers--in secret: muttering murmurs against God's ordinances and ministers in Church and state. Compare Jude 8, "speak evil of dignities"; Jude 15, "hard speeches"; against the Lord. complainers--never satisfied with their lot (Nu 11:1; compare the penalty, De 28:47, 48). walking after their own lusts--(Jude 18). The secret of their murmuring and complaining is the restless insatiability of their desires. great swelling words--(2Pe 2:18). men's…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jude 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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