Jude 1:16

"These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage."

Key Reflection

Jude 1:16 describes those who grumble and complain, acting according to their own desires and speaking with arrogance; they also favor certain individuals for personal gain, highlighting the corrupt and selfish nature of such behavior in the community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 16. These are murmurers. The word here used does not elsewhere occur, though the word murmur is frequent, Mt 20:11; Lu 5:30; Joh 6:41,43,61; 8:32; 1 Co 10:10. Comp. Joh 7:12; Ac 6:1; Php 2:14; 1 Pe 4:9. The sense is that of repining or complaining under the allotments of Providence, or finding fault with God's plans, and purposes, and doings. Complainers. Literally, finding fault with one's own lot (memqimoiroi.) The word does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament; the thing often occurs in this world.

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