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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• ⁴[Be] marriage in all [things] held in honour, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Heb. 13:4)

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or, dominion.

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Jude 8• ⁸Yet likewise, these dreamers also defile flesh, and set at nought lordship and rail at dignities. (Jude 8)

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Rom. 8:1,4‑5,12‑13• ¹There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
⁴that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us that walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.
⁵For those that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh, but those according to Spirit the things of the Spirit.
¹²So then, brethren, debtors we are 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 mortify 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• ⁴[Be] marriage in all [things] held in honour, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Heb. 13:4)

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Rom. 1:24‑27• ²⁴Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness so that their bodies were dishonoured among them;
²⁵which exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and served and reverenced the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen.
²⁶On this account God gave them up to vile passions; for both their females exchanged the natural use into the unnatural,
²⁷and likewise the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males working out unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was meet. (Rom. 1:24‑27)

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1 Cor. 6:9• ⁹What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men, (1 Cor. 6:9)

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Eph. 4:19• ¹⁹who, as being past remorse, have given themselves up to lasciviousness unto [the] working of every uncleanness with greediness. (Eph. 4:19)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye are aware of, knowing that no fornicator nor unclean nor covetous [person], who is an idolater, hath 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 that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)

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

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Jude 4,6‑8,10,16• ⁴For certain men have crept in unawares. They, who before of old were ordained to this sentence, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
⁶And angels which kept not their own original estate, but abandoned their proper dwelling, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under gloom unto [the] great day's judgment;
⁷as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire.
⁸Yet likewise, these dreamers also defile flesh, and set at nought lordship and rail at dignities.
¹⁰But these rail at whatever things they know not; but whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves.
¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts, and their mouth speaketh swelling things, admiring persons for the sake of profit. (Jude 4,6‑8,10,16)

despise.

Num. 16:12‑15• ¹²{i}And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!{/i}
¹³{i}Is 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?{/i}
¹⁴{i}Moreover, 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!{/i}
¹⁵{i}Then 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.{/i} (Num. 16:12‑15)

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Deut. 17:12‑13• ¹²{i}And 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And all the people shall hear, and fear, and no more act presumptuously.{/i} (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 stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; 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 shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. (1 Sam. 10:27)

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2 Sam. 20:1• ¹{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 20:1)

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1 Kings 12:16• ¹⁶So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying,{HR}What portion have we in David?{HR}Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:{HR}To your tents, O Israel:{HR}Now see to thine own house, David.{HR}So Israel departed unto their tents. (1 Kings 12:16)

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Psa. 2:1‑5• ¹Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
³"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
⁴He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them.
⁵Then he speaketh unto them in his anger,{HR}And in his wrath he confoundeth them: (Psa. 2:1‑5)

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Psa. 12:4• ⁴Which have said, With our tongue will we be mighty;{HR}Our lips are our own: who is lord to us? (Psa. 12:4)

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Jer. 2:31• ³¹{i}O 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?{/i} (Jer. 2:31)

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Luke 19:14• ¹⁴{i}But{/i} his citizens hated him and sent a message 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 authorities above [it]. For there is no authority unless from God; and those that are have been ordained by God.
²So that he that setteth himself against the authority withstandeth the ordinance of God; and those that withstand shall receive judgment for themselves.
³For the rulers are no terror for the good work but for the evil. And dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? Practice good and thou shalt have praise for it;
⁴for it is God's servant to thee for good. But if thou Practice evil, be afraid; for not in vain doth it wear the sword; for God's servant it is, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.
⁵Wherefore [there is] a necessity 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 subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to a king as supreme,
¹⁴or to rulers as being sent through him, for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to those that do well. (1 Peter 2:13‑14)

government.

or, dominion.

Presumptuous.

Num. 15:30• ³⁰{i}But 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.{/i} (Num. 15:30)

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Jude 8• ⁸Yet likewise, these dreamers also defile flesh, and set at nought lordship and rail at dignities. (Jude 8)

selfwilled.

Gen. 49:6• ⁶My soul, come not into their council; mine honour, be not united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will houghed oxen. (Gen. 49:6)

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Titus 1:7• ⁷For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre; (Titus 1:7)

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

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Eccl. 10:6‑7,20• ⁶Folly is set in great heights,{HR}And the rich sit in low place.
⁷I have seen slaves upon horses,{HR}And princes walking as slaves upon the earth.
²⁰Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought;{HR}And curse not the rich in thy bedchamber;{HR}For a bird of the air shall carry the voice,{HR}And that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (Eccl. 10:6‑7,20)

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

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Jude 8,10• ⁸Yet likewise, these dreamers also defile flesh, and set at nought lordship and rail at dignities.
¹⁰But these rail at whatever things they know not; but whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, 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:

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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."