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Woe to them! For they have gone ^(C1)the defiant way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into ^(C2)the error of Balaam, and ^(C3)perished in the rebellion of mutinous Korah. ^(VR1)

These men are hidden reefs elements of great danger to others ^(C1)in your ^(F1)love feasts when they feast together with you ^(C2)without fear, looking after only themselves; they are like ^(C3)clouds without water, ^(C4)swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, ^(C5)uprooted and lifeless;

^(C1)wild waves of the sea, flinging up ^(C2)their own shame like foam; wandering stars, ^(C3)for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.

It was about these people that ^(F1)(C1)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "^(C2)Look, the Lord came with ^(F2)myriads of His holy ones

^(C1)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ^(F1)ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ^(C2)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

These people are habitual ^(C1)murmurers, griping and complaining, ^(C2)following after their own desires controlled by passion; they speak ^(C3)arrogantly, pretending admiration and flattering people ^(C4)to gain an advantage.