Jude 18-20
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
18 They told you beforehand, In the last days (in the end time) there will be scoffers [who seek to gratify their own unholy desires], following after their own ungodly passions.
19 It is these who are [agitators] setting up distinctions and causing divisions—merely sensual [creatures, carnal, worldly-minded people], devoid of the [Holy] Spirit and destitute of any higher spiritual life.
20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [[a]make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit;
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- Jude 1:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
Jude 18-20
New International Version
18 They said to you, “In the last times(A) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(B) 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(C)
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up(D) in your most holy faith(E) and praying in the Holy Spirit,(F)
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