2Pe 2:10-19, Jude 8-13 | ESV | STEP | and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority . Bold and willful , they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones ,

2 Peter 2:10-19

10 and especially ^athose who indulge ^{▼▼Greek who go after the flesh} in the lust of defiling passion and ^cdespise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble ^das they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 ^ewhereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 ^fBut these, like irrational animals, ^gcreatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, 13 suffering wrong as ^hthe wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ⁱto revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts love feasts} while ^kthey feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, ^linsatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^mtrained in greed. ⁿAccursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, ^othey have gone astray. They have followed ^pthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^qgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^ra speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 ^sThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^tFor them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, ^uspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^vescaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them ^wfreedom, ^xbut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Jude 8-13

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and ^zblaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when ^aathe archangel ^abMichael, contending with the devil, was disputing ^acabout the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, ^ad“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 ^aeBut these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in ^afthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain ^agto Balaam’s error and ^ahperished in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs ^{▼▼Or are blemishes} ^ajat your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^akshepherds feeding themselves; ^alwaterless clouds, ^amswept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, ^anuprooted; 13 ^aowild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of ^aptheir own shame; ^aqwandering stars, ^arfor whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.