Butthere werefalse prophetsalsoamongthepeople, evenasthere shall befalse teachersamongyou, whoprivily shall bring indamnableheresies, evendenyingtheLordthat boughtthem, and bring uponthemselvesswiftdestruction. Andmanyshall followtheirpernicious ways; by reason ofwhomthewayof truthshall be evil spoken of. Andthroughcovetousnessshall they with feignedwordsmake merchandiseof you: whosejudgmentnow of a long timelingerethnot, andtheirdamnationslumberethnot. ForifGodsparednotthe angelsthat sinned, butcast them down to hell, and delivered them into chainsof darkness, to be reserveduntojudgment; Andsparednotthe oldworld, butsavedNoahthe eighth person, a preacherof righteousness, bringing inthe floodupon the worldof the ungodly; Andturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashescondemned them with an overthrow, making them an exampleunto those that after shouldlive ungodly; AnddeliveredjustLot, vexedwiththefilthy conversationof thewicked: ( Forthat righteous mandwellingamongthem, in seeingandhearing, vexed his righteoussoulfrom daytodaywith their unlawfuldeeds); The Lordknowethhow to deliverthe godlyout oftemptations, andto reservethe unjustuntothe dayof judgmentto be punished: Butchieflythem that walkafterthe fleshinthe lustof uncleanness, anddespisegovernment. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are notafraidto speak evilof dignities. Whereasangels, which aregreaterin powerandmight, bringnotrailingaccusationagainstthembeforethe Lord. Butthese, asnaturalbrutebeasts, madeto be takenanddestroyed, speak evilofthe things thatthey understand not; and shall utterly perishintheir owncorruption; And shall receivethe rewardof unrighteousness, as they that countit pleasureto riotinthe day time. Spots they are andblemishes, sporting themselveswiththeir owndeceivingswhile they feastwith you; Havingeyesfullof adultery, andthat cannot ceasefrom sin; beguilingunstablesouls: a heartthey haveexercisedwith covetous practices; cursedchildren: Which have forsakentherightway, and are gone astray, followingthewayof Balaam the son of Bosor, wholovedthe wagesof unrighteousness; Butwas rebukedfor hisiniquity: the dumbassspeakingwithman's voiceforbadethemadnessof theprophet. Thesearewellswithout water, cloudsthat are carriedwitha tempest: to whomthemistof darknessis reservedforever. Forwhen they speakgreat swelling words of vanity, they allurethroughthe lustsof the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escapedfrom them who liveinerror. While they promisethemliberty, theythemselves arethe servantsof corruption: forof whoma manis overcome, of the sameis hebrought in bondage. Forifafter they have escapedthepollutionsof theworldthroughthe knowledgeof theLordandSaviorJesusChrist, they areagainentangledtherein, andovercome, thelatter endisworsewith themthan thebeginning. Forit had beenbetterfor themnotto have knownthewayof righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turnfromtheholycommandmentdeliveredunto them. Butit is happenedunto themaccordingto thetrueproverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; andthe sowthat was washedtoher wallowingin the mire.