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But chiefly themi that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise κgovernment. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitiesl.

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Heb. 13:4• ⁴Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge. (Heb. 13:4)

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or, dominion.

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Jude 8• ⁸Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities. (Jude 8)

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Rom. 8:1,4‑5,12‑13• ¹There is then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
⁴in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.
⁵For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
¹²So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh;
¹³for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live: (Rom. 8:1,4‑5,12‑13)

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2 Cor. 10:3• ³For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh. (2 Cor. 10:3)

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Heb. 13:4• ⁴Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge. (Heb. 13:4)

in the.

Rom. 1:24‑27• ²⁴Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
²⁵who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created it, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
²⁶For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature;
²⁷and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit. (Rom. 1:24‑27)

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1 Cor. 6:9• ⁹Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men, (1 Cor. 6:9)

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Eph. 4:19• ¹⁹who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust. (Eph. 4:19)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye are well informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. (Eph. 5:5)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)

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1 Thess. 4:7• ⁷For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:7)

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Jude 4,6‑8,10,16• ⁴For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly persons, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
⁶And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day;
⁷as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
⁸Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
¹⁰But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.
¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit. (Jude 4,6‑8,10,16)

despise.

Num. 16:12‑15• ¹²And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
¹³Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?
¹⁴Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up!
¹⁵Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (Num. 16:12‑15)

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Deut. 17:12‑13• ¹²And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.
¹³And all the people shall hear, and fear, and no more act presumptuously. (Deut. 17:12‑13)

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Deut. 21:20‑21• ²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear. (Deut. 21:20‑21)

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1 Sam. 10:27• ²⁷But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf. (1 Sam. 10:27)

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2 Sam. 20:1• ¹And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel. (2 Sam. 20:1)

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1 Kings 12:16• ¹⁶And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David! And Israel went to their tents. (1 Kings 12:16)

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Psa. 2:1‑5• ¹Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
³Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
⁴He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
⁵Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them: (Psa. 2:1‑5)

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Psa. 12:4• ⁴Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us? (Psa. 12:4)

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Jer. 2:31• ³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee? (Jer. 2:31)

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Luke 19:14• ¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us. (Luke 19:14)

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Rom. 13:1‑5• ¹Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
²So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who thus resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.
³For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
⁴for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.
⁵Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience. (Rom. 13:1‑5)

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1 Peter 2:13‑14• ¹³Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme,
¹⁴or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well. (1 Peter 2:13‑14)

government.

or, dominion.

Presumptuous.

Num. 15:30• ³⁰But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (Num. 15:30)

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Jude 8• ⁸Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities. (Jude 8)

selfwilled.

Gen. 49:6• ⁶My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen. (Gen. 49:6)

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Titus 1:7• ⁷For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means; (Titus 1:7)

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Ex. 22:28• ²⁸Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people. (Ex. 22:28)

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Eccl. 10:6‑7,20• ⁶folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
⁷I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
²⁰Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter. (Eccl. 10:6‑7,20)

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Acts 23:5• ⁵And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people. (Acts 23:5)

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Jude 8,10• ⁸Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
¹⁰But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves. (Jude 8,10)

• To this the grace which God is now showing in the gospel will contribute, because unbelief works to indulge all the more in evil. For if favor be shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness, but trifles with sin, and hopes to walk as he likes with impunity. (“2 Peter 2:9-11” by W. Kelly)

• God in His providence has set up the check of magisterial authority against evil; and what undermines this more than the self will of man in these last days which pleads liberty against law to indulge in license and rebellion? (“2 Peter 2:9-11” by W. Kelly)

• He cannot always do what he would; but his lips express what he is in audacity and self will. The fact that some are set in a place above others in authority is enough to rouse hatred and revolutionary desires, to lower and destroy. (“2 Peter 2:9-11” by W. Kelly)

• These twin evils—self-gratification and that of the lowest character, and insubordination under the plea of obtaining a larger liberty—are very prominent in the latter part of this second chapter. (“2 Peter 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignitiesi:

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "glories."

W. Kelly Translation

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and especially those that walk after flesh in lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not speaking railingly of dignitiesa,

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "glories."