Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Remember: The Lord Punished The Unbelieving And The Immoral

⁵ Now I want to remind you— you knowing^[a] all things— that the Lord^[b], having once^[c] saved^[d] the people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed the ones not having believed. ⁶ And He has kept^[e] angels— the ones not having kept their own domain^[f], but having left-behind^[g] their own dwelling^[h]— in eternal bonds^[i] under gloom for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them in like manner to these^[j]— having indulged-in-sexual-immorality and gone after other flesh— are set-forth as an example, undergoing the penalty^[k] of eternal fire.

Yet These People Defile The Flesh And Reject God’s Authority. Woe To Them

⁸ Yet in the same way also these dreaming ones are defiling the flesh and rejecting authority^[l] and blaspheming^[m] glories^[n]! ⁹ Now Michael the archangel^[o], when he was speaking concerning the body of Moses while disputing with the devil, did not dare to bring^[p] a judgment of blasphemy, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you”. ¹⁰ But these ones— whatever things they do not understand, they blaspheme; and whatever things they know instinctually like unreasoning animals, by these they are being destroyed. ¹¹ Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and they poured-forth^[q] in the error of Balaam for wages, and they perished^[r] in the rebellion of Korah.

Enoch Prophesied God Would Execute Judgment Against These Ungodly Stains

¹² These ones are the ones who are spots^[s] in your love-feasts, feasting-with^[t] you fearlessly, tending^[u] themselves; waterless clouds being carried-along by winds; fruitless autumn trees having died twice, having been uprooted; ¹³ wild waves of the sea foaming-up their shames; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever. ¹⁴ But indeed Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied with regard to these ones, saying, “Behold— the Lord came with His holy myriads ¹⁵ to execute judgment against all, and to convict every soul concerning all their works of ^[v] ungodliness which they did-godlessly, and concerning all the harsh things which ungodly sinners spoke against Him”.

Remember That The Apostles Prophesied of These Mockers Pursuing Their Ungodly Desires

¹⁶ These ones are grumblers^[w], faultfinders, proceeding in accordance with their own desires. And their mouth speaks pompous words, marveling-at^[x] faces for the sake of advantage. ¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words having been spoken-beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ— ¹⁸ that they were saying to you that “In the last time there will be mockers proceeding in accordance with their own desires of ^[y] ungodliness”.

But You, Beloved, Keep Yourselves In The Love of God

¹⁹ These ones are the ones causing-divisions^[z]— natural ones, not having the Spirit. ²⁰ But you, beloved, while building-up yourselves on^[aa] your most holy faith, while praying in^[ab] the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God while waiting-for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.