¹⁰ and especially ^(A)those who indulge^[a] in the lust of defiling passion and ^(B)despise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble ^(C)as they blaspheme the glorious ones, ^11 (D)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. ^12 (E)But these, like irrational animals, ^(F)creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, ¹³ suffering wrong as ^(G)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^(H)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,^[b] while ^(I)they feast with you.

⁸ Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and ^(A)blaspheme the glorious ones. ⁹ But when ^(B)the archangel ^(C)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing ^(D)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, ^(E)“The Lord rebuke you.” ^10 (F)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. ¹¹ Woe to them! For they walked in ^(G)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain ^(H)to Balaam's error and ^(I)perished in Korah's rebellion. ¹² These are hidden reefs^{[a] (J)}at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^(K)shepherds feeding themselves; ^(L)waterless clouds, ^(M)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, ^(N)uprooted;