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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.
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But you, my dear friends, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ predicted.
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They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires.
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These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.
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But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,