Jude 1:16

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.
• New International Version (NIV)These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own 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 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

14Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. 17But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

Jude 1:16 word by word

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 14:36Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land,
• Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
• Deuteronomy 1:27and you complained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
• Psalms 106:25But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
• Isaiah 29:24These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding, And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
• Luke 5:30And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 19:7But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
• John 6:41The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
• Philippians 2:14Do all things without complaining and disputing,
• Jude 1:18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
• Galatians 5:16I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires 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

Topics related to Jude 1:16

• Flattery
• Hell
• Heresy
• Lust
• Murmuring
• Word of God
• Worldliness
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Admiration
• Advantage
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Lust
• Peter, the Second Epistle of
• Swelling
• Jude, Epistle of
• godly, godliness, ungodly, godless, ungodliness, godlessness

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