27.3

Parallels between Jude and 2 Peter (Box 27.1)

Jude

 

2 Peter

 

v. 4

stole into the community

2:1

bring in opinions secretly

v. 4

“long ago . . . designated for condemnation”

2:3

condemnation pronounced long ago

v. 4

pervert the grace of God

2:2

way of truth is maligned

v. 4

licentiousness

2:2

licentious ways

v. 4

deny our Master

2:1

even deny the Master

v. 6

angels kept “in chains in deepest darkness for the judgment”

2:4

angels kept “in chains in deepest darkness until the judgment”

v. 7

Sodom and Gomorrah serve as an example

2:6

Sodom and Gomorrah made an example

v. 7

unnatural lust

2:10

depraved lust

v. 8

“defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones”

2:10

“indulge their flesh . . . despise authority . . . and slander the glorious ones”

v. 9

archangel did not bring a condemnation of slander

2:11

angels do not bring a slanderous judgment

v. 10

slander what they do not understand

2:12

slander what they do not understand

v. 10

like irrational animals, live by instinct, and are destroyed

2:12

like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, will be destroyed

v. 11

“Woe to them!”

2:14

“Accursed children!”

v. 11

“abandon themselves to Balaam’s error”

2:15

follow the way of Balaam

v. 11

error for the sake of gain

2:15

wages of doing wrong

v. 12

“blemishes on your love-feasts”

2:13

blemishes (at your feasts)

v. 12

feast with you without fear

2:13

revel while they feast with you

v. 12

waterless clouds

2:17

waterless springs

v. 12

“clouds carried along by the winds”

2:17

mists driven by a storm

v. 13

deepest darkness reserved for them

2:17

deepest darkness reserved for them

v. 16

bombastic, flatter people

2:18

bombastic, entice people

v. 17

remember predictions of apostles

3:2

remember commandments spoken through apostles

v. 18

in the last time, scoffers will come, indulging their own lusts

3:3

“in the last days scoffers will come . . . indulging their own lusts”