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13 suffering[a] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[b] while they feast with you.(A)

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  1. 2.13 Other ancient authorities read receiving
  2. 2.13 Other ancient authorities read love feasts

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.(A) They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.[a](B)

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  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts

13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(A)

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13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B)

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while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.(A) There will be affliction and distress for everyone who does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek,(B)

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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(C) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(D)

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They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](A)

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  1. 4.4 Or they malign you

They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A)

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Render to her as she herself has rendered,
    and repay her double for her deeds;
    mix a double dose for her in the cup she mixed.(A)

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Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(A) 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.(B)

14 It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is coming[c] with ten thousands of his holy ones,(C) 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly[d] of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[e] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(D)

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  1. 12 Or reefs
  2. 12 Or without fear. They are shepherds who care only for themselves
  3. 14 Gk came
  4. 15 Other ancient authorities read everyone
  5. 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(A) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(B) They are clouds without rain,(C) blown along by the wind;(D) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(E)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(F) foaming up their shame;(G) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(H)

14 Enoch,(I) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(J) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(K) 15 to judge(L) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](M) 16 These people are grumblers(N) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(O) they boast(P) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

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  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

15 They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor,[a] who loved the wages of doing wrong(A)

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  1. 2.15 Other ancient authorities read Beor

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(A) son of Bezer,[a] who loved the wages of wickedness.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor

For if the message declared through angels proved valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,(A) how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,(B)

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For since the message spoken(A) through angels(B) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(C) how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(D) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(E) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(F)

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14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds.(A)

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14 Alexander(A) the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.(B)

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for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(A) But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.(B)

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For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(A) But since we belong to the day,(B) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(C) and the hope of salvation(D) as a helmet.(E)

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19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(A)

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19 Their destiny(A) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(B) and their glory is in their shame.(C) Their mind is set on earthly things.(D)

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27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A)

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27 and to present her to himself(A) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(B)

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20 When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper. 21 For when the time comes to eat, each of you proceeds to eat your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk. 22 What! Do you not have households to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!

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20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers.(A) As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God(B) by humiliating those who have nothing?(C) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?(D) Certainly not in this matter!

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