Jude 1:18

Verse

when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

American Standard Version (1901)

that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.

How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.

Free Bible Version

They explained to you that in the last times mockers would come, following their own wicked desires.

Geneva Bible 1599

How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

King James (Authorized) Version

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Plain English Version

They said, “In the last times, some people will laugh at God, and they will laugh at Christians. They will only think about the bad things they want for themselves, and they will do whatever bad things they want to do.”

Translation for Translators

They told you, “In the final period of time in which we are now living there will be people who will laugh at the truths that God has revealed. They will do the ◄ungodly things/things that are displeasing to God► that their bodies desire.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”

Noah Webster Bible

That they told you there would be mockers in the last time, who would walk after their own ungodly lusts.

World English Bible

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

Young's Literal Translation

that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

Context

A Call to Persevere

¹⁷But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ¹⁸when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”¹⁹These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.

Summary

In Jude 1:18, the author warns about mockers who will come in the last days, following their ungodly desires. These individuals will cause divisions and be devoid of the Spirit. The verse serves as a reminder to believers to be vigilant and discerning, recognizing and avoiding those who seek to distort the truth and lead others astray. It underscores the importance of standing firm in the faith and holding fast to the teachings of the apostles amidst the challenges of false teachings and deception.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Mockers in the last time - See the notes on Ti1 4:1; Ti2 3:1 (note), etc.; and particularly Pe2 3:2 , Pe2 3:3 (note), etc., to which Jude seems to refer. The last time. - The conclusion of the Jewish polity.

John Gill Bible Commentary

How that they told you that there should be mockers in the last time,.... See Gill on Pe2 3:3. . Jude 1:19 jde 1:19 jde 1:19 jde 1:19These be they who separate themselves,.... Not from sinners openly profane; such a separation is commendable, being according to the will and word of God, to the mind and practice of Christ, and which tends to the good of men, and to the glory of God; but from the saints and people of God; it is possible that a child of God may for a time leave the fellowship of the saints, but an entire and total forsaking of them, and of assembling with them, looks with an ill aspect; nor did they separate themselves from superstition and will worship, and every false way of worship, which would have been right, but from the pure worship, ordinances, and discipline of God's house, by a perversion of them, and as being above them, or unwilling to be under any notice and government; not from errors and heresies, and persons that held them, with these they herded; but from the pure doctrines of the Gospel, and ministers of the word, and made divisions and separations among the churches, for worldly ends, and through pride and affectation of vain glory, as if they were more knowing, more holy, and more spiritual than other men: when they were sensual; such as gave themselves up to sensual lusts and pleasures; and at best were but natural men, who had only natural and rational abilities, but without spiritual and experimental knowledge: hence it follows, having not the Spirit; though they might have some external gifts of the Spirit; or he himself dwelling in them as a spirit of conviction and illumination, as a spirit of regeneration and sanctification, as a spirit of faith and comfort, as a spirit of adoption, and as the earnest and pledge of the heavenly glory; they were not under his influence, nor did they feel the operations of his grace, nor had they communion with him: hence they appeared to be none of Christ's, nor could they claim interest in him, and were without life, and so could not persevere.

Jude 1:18

A Call to Persevere

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Berean Standard Bible

when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

American Standard Version (1901)

that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.

Bible in Basic English

How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.

Free Bible Version

They explained to you that in the last times mockers would come, following their own wicked desires.

Geneva Bible 1599

How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

King James (Authorized) Version

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”

Noah Webster Bible

That they told you there would be mockers in the last time, who would walk after their own ungodly lusts.

World English Bible

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

Young's Literal Translation

that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Jude 1:18

Verse

Context

A Call to Persevere

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Jude 1:18

A Call to Persevere

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes