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(For that righteous mandwellingamongthem, in seeingandhearing,vexed his righteoussoul from daytoday with their unlawful deeds;)
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The Lordknoweth how to deliver the godly out oftemptations,and to reserve the unjustunto the day of judgment to be punished :
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Butchiefly them that walkafter the fleshin the lust of uncleanness,anddespisegovernment.Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are notafraid to speak evil of dignities.
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Whereasangels, which are greater inpowerandmight,bringnotrailingaccusationagainstthembefore the Lord.
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Butthese,asnaturalbrutebeasts,madeto be takenanddestroyed, speak evilof the things that they understand not ; and shall utterly perishin their owncorruption;
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And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riotin the day time.Spots they are andblemishes, sporting themselveswith their owndeceivings while they feast with you;
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Havingeyesfull of adultery,and that cannot cease fromsin;beguilingunstablesouls: an heart they haveexercised with covetous practices;cursedchildren:
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Which have forsaken the rightway, and are gone astray , following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,wholoved the wages of unrighteousness;
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Butwasrebuked for hisiniquity: the dumbassspeakingwithman'svoiceforbad the madness of the prophet.
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Thesearewells without water,clouds that are carriedwith a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reservedforever.
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allurethrough the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were cleanescaped from them who liveinerror.