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And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgmentv now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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Jude 4‑7• 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.
⁵But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed.
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. (Jude 4‑7)

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2 Peter 2:14‑15• ¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
¹⁵having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2:14‑15)

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Isa. 56:11• ¹¹and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them: (Isa. 56:11)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 8:10)

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Ezek. 13:19• ¹⁹And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for morsels of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to lying? (Ezek. 13:19)

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Mic. 3:11• ¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:11)

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Rom. 16:18)

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2 Cor. 12:17‑18• ¹⁷Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?
¹⁸I begged Titus, and sent the brother with him: did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? have we not in the same steps? (2 Cor. 12:17‑18)

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1 Tim. 3:3,8• ³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:3,8)

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1 Tim. 6:5• ⁵constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety. (1 Tim. 6:5)

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Titus 1:7,11• 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;
¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:7,11)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily; (1 Peter 5:2)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

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2 Peter 1:16• ¹⁶For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty. (2 Peter 1:16)

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Psa. 18:44• ⁴⁴At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me. (Psa. 18:44)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee. (Psa. 66:3)

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Psa. 81:15• ¹⁵The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever. (Psa. 81:15)

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Luke 20:20• ²⁰And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. (Luke 20:20)

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Luke 22:47• ⁴⁷As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. (Luke 22:47)

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1 Thess. 2:5• ⁵For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness; (1 Thess. 2:5)

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Deut. 24:17• ¹⁷Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. (Deut. 24:17)

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John 2:16• ¹⁶and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. (John 2:16)

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2 Cor. 2:17• ¹⁷For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ. (2 Cor. 2:17)

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Rev. 18:11‑13• ¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men. (Rev. 18:11‑13)

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2 Peter 2:1,9• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
⁹the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:1,9)

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Deut. 32:35• ³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deut. 32:35)

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Isa. 5:19• ¹⁹who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! (Isa. 5:19)

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Isa. 30:13‑14• ¹³therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.
¹⁴And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern. (Isa. 30:13‑14)

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Isa. 60:22• ²²The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time. (Isa. 60:22)

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Hab. 3:3• ³+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise. (Hab. 3:3)

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Luke 18:8• ⁸I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)

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1 Thess. 5:3• ³When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)

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1 Peter 2:8• ⁸and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)

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Jude 4,7,15• 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.
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.
¹⁵to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 4,7,15)

• Jubilant at man's progress in his own way without Christ, how little they believe that God's eye is on their selfish merchandise, and that their perdition does not slumber according to the judgment pronounced on such evil even before the deluge! (“2 Peter 2:1-3” by W. Kelly)

• in our day we see how those who are false in doctrine are bold enough to set conscience at defiance, and cleave to their position and emoluments when they abandon the truth which they had solemnly pledged themselves to preach and teach. It is not therefore the Lord and the truth only which they betray; but they sacrifice plain honesty of principle for a place and a living which they value. This depravity too is severely exposed in the apostle's words, "through covetousness with well-turned words they will make merchandise of you." (“2 Peter 2:4-5” by W. Kelly)

• They would make merchandise of Christians for their private gain, count them as mere instruments of it. (“2 Peter 2” by J.N. Darby)

• Satan is never more dangerous than when he works privily or by stealth; when instead of delivering a frontal attack, boldly denying truth, he creeps in on the flank, making merchandise of the people of God with feigned words. (“2 Peter 2” by F.B. Hole)

• Be on your guard then against these false teachers. They will have a wholly pleasing exterior and their words will be “feigned” or “well-turned” —cleverly adapted to throw the simple believer off his guard. (“2 Peter 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And through covetousness, with well-turnedd words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

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Or "false," plastos.

W. Kelly Translation

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And in covetousness with feigneda words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.

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Or, "well-turned."