But therewerefalseprophetsalsoamong the people, even as thereshall be falseteachersamong you, who privilyshallbring in damnableheresies, evendenying the Lordthatboughtthem, and bringuponthemselvesswiftdestruction.
And throughcovetousnessshalltheywithfeignedwordsmakemerchandise of you: whosejudgment now of a longtimelingereth not, and theirdamnationslumbereth not.
But chieflythemthatwalkafter the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despisegovernment. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speakevil of dignities.
But these, as naturalbrutebeasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speakevil of the thingsthattheyunderstand not; and shallutterlyperish in their own corruption;
And shallreceive the reward of unrighteousness, as theythatcount it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spotsthey are and blemishes, sportingthemselveswiththeir own deceivingswhiletheyfeastwith you;
For whentheyspeakgreatswellingwords of vanity, theyallurethrough the lusts of the flesh, throughmuchwantonness, thosethatwerecleanescapedfromthem who live in error.
For if aftertheyhaveescaped the pollutions of the worldthrough the knowledge of the Lord and SaviourJesusChrist, they are againentangledtherein, and overcome, the latter end is worsewiththemthan the beginning.
For it had beenbetter for them not to haveknown the way of righteousness, than, aftertheyhaveknown it, to turnfrom the holycommandmentdelivereduntothem.
But it is happeneduntothemaccording to the trueproverb, The dog is turned to his own vomitagain; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.