Jude 1:18

18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”

Jude 1:18 in Other Translations

KJV
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
ESV
18 They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions."
NLT
18 They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires.
MSG
18 "In the last days there will be people who don't take these things seriously anymore. They'll treat them like a joke, and make a religion of their own whims and lusts."
CSB
18 they told you, "In the end time there will be scoffers walking according to their own ungodly desires."

Jude 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jude 1:18

How that they told you that there should be mockers in the
last time (See Gill on 2 Peter 3:3).

Jude 1:18 In-Context

16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 3:1; 2 Peter 3:3
  • 2. ver 16; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 3:3
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