Jude 17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Exhortations. 17 But you, beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) 18 for they told you,(B) “In [the] last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires.”[a] 19 These are the ones who cause divisions; they live on the natural plane, devoid of the Spirit.(C)
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- 18 This is the substance of much early Christian preaching rather than a direct quotation of any of the various New Testament passages on this theme (see Mk 13:22; Acts 20:30; 1 Tm 4:1–3; 2 Pt 3:3).
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