¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

¹⁸ For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

¹⁰ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

⁵ Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

¹⁸ How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

³ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

² That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;