Jude 1:16

1:16 These people are grumblers and ¹  fault-finders who go ²  wherever their desires lead them, ³  and they give bombastic speeches, ⁴  enchanting folks ⁵  for their own gain. ⁶ 

Jude 1:18

1:18 For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ⁷  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ⁸ 

¹ tn “And” is not in Greek, but is supplied for the sake of English style.

² tn Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival.

³ tn Grk “(who go/going) according to their own lusts.”

⁴ tn Grk “and their mouth speaks bombastic things.”

⁵ sn Enchanting folks (Grk “awing faces”) refers to the fact that the speeches of these false teachers are powerful and seductive.

⁶ tn Or “to their own advantage.”

⁷ tn Grk “be.”

⁸ tn Grk “going according to their own desires of ungodliness.”