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These are spotsw in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feedingb themselves without fear: cloudsc they are without water, carriedd about of winds; trees whose fruitf withereth, without fruit, twice deadi, pluckedk up by the roots;

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2 Peter 2:13• ¹³And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; (2 Peter 2:13)

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Phil. 3:19• ¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Phil. 3:19)

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Prov. 25:14• ¹⁴Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. (Prov. 25:14)

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Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; (Eph. 4:14)

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John 15:4‑6• ⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:4‑6)

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Heb. 6:4‑6• ⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
⁵And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
⁶If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (Heb. 6:4‑6)

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Matt. 15:13• ¹³But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. (Matt. 15:13)

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are spots.

2 Peter 2:13‑14• ¹³And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
¹⁴Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: (2 Peter 2:13‑14)

feasts.

1 Cor. 11:21‑22• ²¹For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
²²What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. (1 Cor. 11:21‑22)

feeding.

Psa. 78:29‑31• ²⁹So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
³⁰They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
³¹The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. (Psa. 78:29‑31)

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Isa. 56:10‑12• ¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
¹¹Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
¹²Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:10‑12)

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Ezek. 34:8,18• ⁸As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
¹⁸Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? (Ezek. 34:8,18)

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Luke 12:19‑20,45• ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
⁴⁵But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; (Luke 12:19‑20,45)

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Luke 16:19• ¹⁹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (Luke 16:19)

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Luke 21:34• ³⁴And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. (Luke 21:34)

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Phil. 3:19• ¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Phil. 3:19)

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1 Thess. 5:6‑7• ⁶Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
⁷For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (1 Thess. 5:6‑7)

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James 5:5• ⁵Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. (James 5:5)

clouds.

Prov. 25:14• ¹⁴Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. (Prov. 25:14)

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Hos. 6:4• ⁴O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. (Hos. 6:4)

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2 Peter 2:17• ¹⁷These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2 Peter 2:17)

carried.

Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; (Eph. 4:14)

trees.

Psa. 1:3• ³And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psa. 1:3)

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Psa. 37:2• ²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. (Psa. 37:2)

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Matt. 13:6• ⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (Matt. 13:6)

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Matt. 21:19‑20• ¹⁹And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
²⁰And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! (Matt. 21:19‑20)

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Mark 4:6• ⁶But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. (Mark 4:6)

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Mark 11:21• ²¹And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. (Mark 11:21)

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Luke 8:6• ⁶And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. (Luke 8:6)

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John 15:4‑6• ⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:4‑6)

twice.

1 Tim. 5:6• ⁶But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (1 Tim. 5:6)

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Heb. 6:4‑8• ⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
⁵And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
⁶If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
⁷For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
⁸But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. (Heb. 6:4‑8)

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2 Peter 2:18‑20• ¹⁸For 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.
¹⁹While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
²⁰For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. (2 Peter 2:18‑20)

plucked.

2 Chron. 7:20• ²⁰Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. (2 Chron. 7:20)

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Ezek. 17:9• ⁹Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. (Ezek. 17:9)

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Matt. 15:13• ¹³But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. (Matt. 15:13)

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Mark 11:20• ²⁰And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. (Mark 11:20)

• They were present in their feasts of charity—the agape or love—feasts of the early Christians. It was with no godly purpose, however, of cultivating feelings of holy fellowship; for they were only feeding themselves without fear in the pastures of the faithful. (“The Epistle of Jude”)

• Another thing which characterizes them was the absence of all conscience, "feeding themselves without fear." (“Jude” by J.N. Darby)

• There is nothing more dangerous than a departure from the faith, the Christian faith; it is not only what man is and has done, but also what grace has made known, for which we are responsible, most of all if we turn from it in unbelief. What is so evil as apostasy? (“Jude 10-13” by W. Kelly)

• They were doubly dead, by nature and by their apostasy; (“JUDE” by J.N. Darby)

• It was the practice of the early saints, in the fervor of their first love, to gather together in happy fellowship at what was termed love-feasts; … these "dreamers" were found—having no title whatsoever to be present. They were therefore "spots," or, as some prefer to render, "sunken rocks," rocks which are peculiarly the danger of the unwary mariner. (article #86573)

• "Clouds without water"—clouds which as they rose upon the horizon promised fertilizing showers for the weary earth, but as they advanced were discovered to be "without water." (article #86573)

• "Autumnal trees without fruit." The season had come for fruits, but these trees, when discerned by the Spirit of God, were discovered to be fruitless. (article #86573)

• Trees, for a time making a fair show but bringing forth no fruit. (“The Course of the Evil: Jude 1:11-13” by H. Smith)

• Twice dead (by nature and by profession), and in the end rooted up. (“The Course of the Evil: Jude 1:11-13” by H. Smith)

• Clouds, giving promise of refreshing showers but in reality without water and the sport of every wind. (“The Course of the Evil: Jude 1:11-13” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These are spotsb in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnalc trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

JND Translation Notes

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b

This word ordinarily means "a rock," and may allude to a sunken rock with the sea over it. This may be the meaning here.

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Some take it for trees whose fruit withers as in autumn.

W. Kelly Translation

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These are spotsa in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly pasturing themselvesb; clouds without water carried along by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

WK Translation Notes

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a

Or, "hidden rocks." I think there cannot be a doubt of the article as the genuine reading, which gives vividness and objectivity to the word spilades, whether sunken rocks or blots be meant.

b

The KJV is not alone in support of its reading, inasmuch as the Syriac and ancient versions in general so take it.