15. to bring judgement on all, to condemn them all for the godless deeds they have performed and for all the terrible words that godless sinners have spoken against him!”
16. These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.
17. But remember, my friends, what you were told in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
18. They said to you, “When the last days come, people will appear who will mock you, people who follow their own godless desires.”
19. These are the people who cause divisions, who are controlled by their natural desires, who do not have the Spirit.