27.3
Parallels between Jude and 2 Peter (Box 27.1)
Jude |
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2 Peter |
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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” |