They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the er
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should n
when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, a
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsake
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.