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but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
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Immorality and Rebellion
Commentators consistently highlight two defining traits of the false teachers: unrestrained sensual indulgence ('walking after the flesh') and a defiant rejection of authority ('despising dominion'). This combination of moral corruption and rebellion against God-ordained structures is presented as a clear warning sign of dangerous error.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But chiefly. This means it may be presumed that the principles just laid down would be especially applicable to such persons as he proceed…
Chiefly (μαλιστα). Especially. He turns now to the libertine heretics (verses 2,7).
After the flesh (οπισω…
19th Century
Anglican
Them that walk after the flesh.—This is less definite than Jude 1:7. Here, there is nothing about going away or …
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Baptist
We have far too many, nowadays, of both these sorts of sinners, and of the two sorts joined in one: them that walk after the flesh in the lust …
(10a) God’s wrath is especially certain to fall on the false teachers of Peter’s day. He characterizes them as “those who follow the corrupt desire…
16th Century
Protestant
But chiefly them. He comes here to particulars, accommodating a general doctrine to his own purpose; for he had to do with men of desperat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh Not merely after the dictates of corrupt nature, as all men, and even God…
Impure seducers and their abandoned followers give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Ch…
